Formative fictions nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and the Bildungsroman / [electronic resource] :
Tobias Boes.
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2012.
- x, 201 p.
- Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought .
- Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The limits of national form : normativity and performativity in Bildungsroman criticism -- Apprenticeship of the novel : Goethe and the invention of history -- Epigonal consciousness : Stendhal, Immermann, and the "problem of generations" around 1830 -- Long-distance fantasies : Freytag, Eliot, and national literature in the age of empire -- Urban vernaculars : Joyce, Doblin, and the "individuating rhythm" of modernity -- Conclusion : apocalipsis cum figuris : Thomas Mann and the Bildungsroman at the ends of time.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780801465659 (electronic bk.)
Bildungsromans--History and criticism. German fiction--History and criticism. European fiction--History and criticism. Nationalism and literature. City and town life in literature. Comparative literature--German and European. Comparative literature--European and German.