Narcissism and paranoia in the age of Goethe / Alexander Mathäs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathäs, Alexander, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--18th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

Narcissism in literature.

Paranoia in literature.

Physical Description:

255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2008]

Contents:

1 Aesthetic Narcissism and the Bourgeois Self 13

Herder's Notion of the Male Self 22

Subjectivity and Eighteenth-Century Semiotics 30

Outline of Chapters 34

2 Self-Observation and Bourgeois Art 40

3 Body, Mind, and Soul 73

4 Mapping the German Body 102

5 Male Desire in Sturm und Drang Drama 125

6 Paranoia, Gender, and the Bourgeois Artist 142

7 From Self-Perfection to Self-Delusion 166

8 A Doppelganger in the Family 182

9 Narcissism and Cloning 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.

ISBN:

9780874130140

087413014X

OCLC:

175286416