Goethe's allegories of identity

241 Pages·2014·3.55 MB·English

by  Goethe

Goethe’s Allegories of Identity
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Goethe’s Allegories
of Identity
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Jane K. Brown
university of pennsylvania press
philadelphia
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A volume in the Haney Foundation Series, established in 1961
with the generous support of Dr. John Louis Haney
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brown, Jane K., 1943–
Goethe’s allegories of identity / Jane K. Brown.—1st ed.
p. cm.—(Haney Foundation series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8122-4582-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832—Criticism
and interpretation. 2. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–
1832—Language. 3. Identity in literature. 4. Self in literature.
5. Subconsciousness in literature. 6. Subjectivity in literature.
I. Title. II. Series: Haney Foundation series.
PT2193.B76 2014
831'.6—dc23
2013031265
Frontispiece: Bust of Goethe
by Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (1829).
© RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY.
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contents
PART I. THE PRoBLEM 1
Chapter 1. Representing Subjectivity 3
Chapter 2. Goethe Contra Rousseau on Passion 18
Chapter 3. Goethe Contra Rousseau on Social Responsibility 35
PART II. ExPERIMENTS IN SUBJECTIvITY 53
Chapter 4. The Theatrical Self 57
Chapter 5. The Scientific Self: Identity in Faust 77
Chapter 6. The Narrative Self 95
PART III. THE LANGUAGE oF INTERIoRITY 119
Chapter 7. Goethe’s Angst 123
Chapter 8. “Es singen wohl die Nixen”: Werther and the Romantic Tale 143
Chapter 9. Goethe and the Uncanny 160
Conclusion: Classicism and Goethe’s Emotional Regime 180
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vi contents
Notes 189
Works Cited 211
Index 219
Acknowledgments 231
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