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" Goethe's Werther and the critics / "
Bruce Duncan.
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BL
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963752
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b718122
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| Main Entry
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Duncan, Bruce,1942-
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Goethe's Werther and the critics /\ Bruce Duncan.
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| Publication Statement
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Rochester, N.Y. :: Camden House,, 2005.
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture. Literary criticism in perspective
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200 pages ;; 24 cm.
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1571132848
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: 9781571132840
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-190) and index.
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| Contents
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First responses -- Religious interpretations -- Psychological approaches -- Political interpretations -- Goethe, Werther, reading, and writing -- Lotte, sex, and Werther.
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"When Goethe's first novel, Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther) appeared in 1774, it caused a sensation that is hard to exaggerate. "Werther fever" gripped not just Germany, but Europe and North America, and even Japan and China. Numerous editions are still in print in many languages, and in English-speaking lands the novel is regularly read on campuses in comparative literature and "great book" courses." "Literary critics, too, have maintained their interest in Werther. The book's first appearance immediately provoked a lively debate about its aesthetic and moral implications. Then, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, critics increasingly explored its narrative strategies, its relation to various literary movements, its autobiographical elements, its depiction of an individual subjectivity, its social criticism, and its role in constructing a German national consciousness. Hundreds of subsequent critics have continued these discussions and added topics that reflect such developments as semiotics and gender studies. In fact, the history of Werther's critical reception largely mirrors the history of literary criticism in the last 230 years. Goethe's Werther and the Critics traces this development, demonstrating how changing notions of both aesthetics and the role of literary criticism have influenced perceptions of this great work."--Jacket.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,1749-1832-- Appreciation.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,1749-1832., Leiden des jungen Werthers.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,1749-1832, Werther.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,1749-1832-- Appréciation.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,1749-1832
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang{von.
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Art appreciation.
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Literaturwissenschaft
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Rezeption
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Die Leiden des jungen Werthers.
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Leiden des jungen Werthers (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von)
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833/.6
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PT1980.D86 2005
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