Goethe's allegories of identity /

Goethe's Allegories of Identity shows how Goethe's literary works, as the essential middle steps between Rousseau and Freud, lay the basis for modern depth psychology. Its illuminating scholarly yet accessible readings of five major works may also serve as an introduction to readers coming...

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Main Authors: Brown, Jane K.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2014]
©2014
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Haney foundation series
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812209389
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Summary: Goethe's Allegories of Identity shows how Goethe's literary works, as the essential middle steps between Rousseau and Freud, lay the basis for modern depth psychology. Its illuminating scholarly yet accessible readings of five major works may also serve as an introduction to readers coming to Goethe for the first time.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 4 illus.
ISBN: 9780812209389
Index Number: PT2193
CLC: I516.064
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Chapter 1. Representing Subjectivity --
Chapter 2. Goethe Contra Rousseau on Passion --
Chapter 3. Goethe Contra Rousseau on Social Responsibility --
Chapter 4. The Theatrical Self --
Chapter 5. The Scientific Self: Identity in Faust --
Chapter 6. The Narrative Self --
Chapter 7. Goethe s Angst --
Chapter 8. "Es singen wohl die Nixen": Werther and the Romantic Tale --
Chapter 9. Goethe and the Uncanny --
Conclusion. Classicism and Goethe s Emotional Regime --
Notes --
Works Cited --
Index --
Acknowledgments.