Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 536 g
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The Self as Artwork in Ovid, Kierkegaard, and Thomas Mann
Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 536 g
Reihe: ISSN
ISBN: 978-3-484-18127-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
This study explores three works in which the protagonist undertakes to fashion a literary artwork out of himself: Ovid's »Ars Amatoria«, Kierkegaard's »Diary of the Seducer«, and Thomas Mann's »Felix Krull«. For each work, particular attention is paid to the self-conscious interplay between the author's project of book-making and the character's project of self-making, as well as to the effect of changing notions of self-identity on the protagonist's attempt at life as literature. For »Felix Krull«, this includes a sustained analysis of Mann's incorporation and problematization of various Nietzschean models of aesthestics, reality, and self-identity. In Ovid and Kierkegaard, this study also considers a related project, the attempt to fashion a literary artwork out of another, namely out of a woman.
