Fictions of Legibility

The Human Face and Body in Modern German Novels from Sophie von La Roche to Alfred Döblin

DOI: 10.14361/9783839447208

Stoicea, Gabriela

Abstract

Gabriela Stoicea examines how the incidence and role of physical descriptions in German novels changed between 1771 and 1929 in response to developments in the study of the human face and body. As well as engaging the tools and methods of literary analysis, the study uses a cultural studies approach to offer a constellation of ideas and polemics surrounding the readability of the human body. By including discussions from the medical sciences, epistemology, and aesthetics, the book draws out the multi-faceted permutations of corporeal legibility, as well as its relevance for the development of the novel and for facilitating inter-disciplinary dialogue.

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- Frontmatter
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- Contents
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- Acknowledgments
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- Introduction
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Part One: The Eighteenth Century
- Historical Background
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- The Body in Perspective: Sophie von La Roche's Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim (1771)
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Part Two: The Nineteenth Century
- Historical Background
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- The Body as "Versable" Type: Friedrich Spielhagen's Zum Zeitvertreib (1897)
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Part Three: The Twentieth Century
- The Soul-Stripped Body: Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929)
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- Conclusions
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- Bibliography
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- Index
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eISBN PDF: 978-3-8394-4720-8
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Seitenumfang: 200
BIC-Code: DSB JHB HBTB
BISAC-Code: LIT004170 SOC022000 HIS054000
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Creative Commons Lizenz: cc-by-nc-nd
Verlag: transcript Verlag
Schlagworte: German Novels, European Fiction, Physiognomy In Literature, Facial Expression In Literature, Human Body In Literature, Body Language In Literature, Literature, Body, Cultural History, German Literature, Racism, Literary Studies,

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Part One: The Eighteenth Century

Part Two: The Nineteenth Century

Part Three: The Twentieth Century

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