Orienting the self the German literary encounter with the Eastern other /

Prager, Debra N. (1961-....)

Orienting the self the German literary encounter with the Eastern other / [Texte imprimé] : Debra N. Prager - Rochester : Camden House, 2014 - 1 vol. (X-327 p.) : couv. ill. ; 24 cm - Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture . - Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Camden House, Rochester) .

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The vision of the Eastern other in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival -- Mapping the world and the self: Fortunatus and the age of discovery -- Discovering the "great orient within us": Novalis's Heinrich von Ofterdingen and the romantic vision of the East -- The oedipal and the orient in Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest -- "The Asian principle" in Thomas Mann's Derzauberberg -- Conclusion

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German literature / History and criticism Orientalism in literature German literature / Asian influences Asia / Foreign public opinion, German Self in literature Subjectivity in literature Outsiders in literature

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