Sprachskepsis und Poetologie
Goethes Romane 'Die Wahlverwandtschaften' und 'Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre'
| Autor | Christian Mittermüller |
|---|---|
| Verlag | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.KG |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2008 |
| Reihe | Hermaea. Neue FolgeISSN 116 |
| Seitenanzahl | 240 Seiten |
| ISBN | 9783484970373 |
| Format | |
| Kopierschutz | Wasserzeichen/DRM |
| Geräte | PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet |
| Preis | 104,95 EUR |
In his late novels, Goethe formulates a profound critique of language and thus challenges his own capacity to represent. Goethe's fundamental scepticism about language derives from an irresolvable ambiguity of words coupled with limitations on their expressiveness; in the case of Elective Affinities and Journeyman Years this leads to the conception of an open work of art. Using detailed textual analysis, Christian Mittermüller reconstructs a hitherto scarcely recognised connection between scepticism about language and poetic theory, and in so doing opens up a new avenue for approaching Goethe's late works.
Christian Mittermüller.
