
Studies in Goethe's Lyric Cycles
Meredith Lee(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 1. May 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4696-5777-6 (ISBN)
Description
The book presents a series of interpretive readings of the Romische Elegien, Sonette, Chinesisch-deutsche Jarhes- und Tageszeiten, several trilogies, and the shorter cycles of 1821, taking into account the variety of literary devices Goethe employs to link poems together into a cycle. The author examines Goethe's role in the history of the lyric cycle and, in stressing structural design, urges a reevaluation of the cycle's emergence as a standard poetic device.
Reviews / Votes
Although cyclical analyses normally cannot avoid some measure of subjectivity, Lee's are practically never marred by the over-exegesis that often accompanies such studies. Imaginative interpretation is balanced by scrupulous but never burdensome use of relevant philological and other evidence." - The German QuarterlyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-5777-6 (9781469657776)
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