Alexander Sorenson

The Waiting Water

Order, Sacrifice, and Submergence in German Realism

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Produktbeschreibung

"This work is a study of water imagery, drowning motifs, and their intersection with the concepts of law and sacrifice in nineteenth-century German literature, culture, and thought."--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9781501777097
• ISBN-10: 1501777092
• Artikelnr.: 70690177

Autorenporträt

Alexander Sorenson is Lecturer of German and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Between the Surface and the Depths
1. Water and Stone: The End of Life and Sacrifice inGoethe's Elective
Affinities and Ebner-Eschenbach'sBeyond Atonement
2. The Wide Sea of Light: Hidden Law and Works ofLove in Stifter's Early
Writing
3. Flumen Publicum: The Imitation of Right and theRecognition of Rite in
Keller's A Village Romeo and Juliet
4. A Faint Wake: Atonement and Afterward in Storm'sLate Works
Epilogue: Ophelia and the Boatman