Artificial I's : : The Self as Artwork in Ovid, Kierkegaard, and Thomas Mann / / Eric Downing.
This study explores three works in which the protagonist undertakes to fashion a literary artwork out of himself: Ovid's »Ars Amatoria«, Kierkegaard's »Diary of the Seducer«, and Thomas Mann's »Felix Krull«. For each work, particular attention is paid to the self-conscious interplay b...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Literary and Cultural Studies - 1990 - 1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2013] ©1993 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studien zur deutschen Literatur ,
127 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Ovid and the Ars Amatoria -- Chapter 2: Kierkegaard and the »Diary of the Seducer« -- Chapter 3: Thomas Mann and the early Felix Krull -- Chapter 4: Thomas Mann and the late Felix Krull -- Conclusion -- Bibliography |
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Summary: | This study explores three works in which the protagonist undertakes to fashion a literary artwork out of himself: Ovid's »Ars Amatoria«, Kierkegaard's »Diary of the Seducer«, and Thomas Mann's »Felix Krull«. For each work, particular attention is paid to the self-conscious interplay between the author's project of book-making and the character's project of self-making, as well as to the effect of changing notions of self-identity on the protagonist's attempt at life as literature. For »Felix Krull«, this includes a sustained analysis of Mann's incorporation and problematization of various Nietzschean models of aesthestics, reality, and self-identity. In Ovid and Kierkegaard, this study also considers a related project, the attempt to fashion a literary artwork out of another, namely out of a woman. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110925968 9783110637830 |
ISSN: | 0081-7236 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110925968 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Eric Downing. |