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Goethe's Cyclical Narratives: Die Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten and Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre

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Jane K. Brown
1975
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
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The novelty of this study lies in its techniques for understanding the deliberate narrative contradictions and elusive parody in Goethe's work. Interpretation of the entire Unterhaltungen, including the Märchen, establishes Goethe's principles of cyclical composition. By pursuing the elaboration of these principles in the Wanderjahre—the undependable narrator, multiple perspectives, and parody of popular eighteenth-century figures—the author interprets the cultural and social significance of Goethe's most sophisticated novel.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half-Title Page

pp. i

Series Page

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

Acknowledgments

pp. v-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Foreword

pp. ix-x

Introduction

pp. 1-4

I. Unterhaltungen Deutscher Ausgewanderten

pp. 5-32

II. Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre I: Perspective, Perception and Renunciation

pp. 33-78

III. Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre II: Parody

pp. 79-129

Epilogue

pp. 130-134

Select Bibliography

pp. 135-141
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