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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Table of Contents:
  • 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