| A Comparative Approach: The Early European Supernatural Tale: Five Variations on a Theme Contributor(s): Gil-Curiel Ph. D., Germán (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631615647 ISBN-13: 9783631615645 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $71.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 809.387 |
| LCCN: 2011534369 |
| Series: Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie |
| Physical Information: 202 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the supernatural literature of Walter Scott, James Hogg, Th ophile Gautier, Charles Nodier and G rard de Nerval from a European perspective that casts them as part of a network rather than as the discrete, isolated artistic outcomes of different national literatures, by focusing on the central role played by the literature of E.T.A. Hoffmann during the first half of the nineteenth century. The author claims that Hoffmann had a seminal role through the reactions that his literature aroused. These reactions took place both in the realm of theory, for Hoffmann's works provoked a great deal of discussion on the nature and purposes of supernatural literature, and also in the realm of their literary writings themselves, with much cross-fertilisation taking place, sometimes enabled through translation and sometimes from direct experience. The author focuses on shared themes like the idealized dead beloved, and dreams, reveries and altered states. |