Authorship as alchemy : subversive writing in Pushkin, Scott, Hoffmann / David Glenn Kropf
1994, First Edition. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404284
ISBN: 0804723001
Physical description; xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index. Contents; 1. The Libertine: Seduction (Introduction) -- 2. The Author: Signs as Life (Pushkin) -- 3. The Novelist: "To One Thing Constant Never" (Scott) -- Rearticulation: A Triple Fugue in Three Parts (Hoffmann). 1. The Libertine: "Don Juan" 2. The Author: "Das Fraulein von Scuderi" 3. The Novelist: 'Kater Murr'. Coda Literary Subversions. Subjects; Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich 1799-1837 Criticism and interpretation.
Scott, Walter 1771-1832 Criticism and interpretation. Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) 1776-1822 Criticism and interpretation. Society in literature. Anonyms and pseudonyms. Authorship. Literature and society. Literature, Modern. Social norms in literature.
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