Lyon, John B., 1966-

Crafting flesh, crafting the self violence and identity in early nineteenth-century German literature / [electronic resource] : John B. Lyon. - Lewisburg, [Penn.] : Bucknell University Press, c2006. - 280 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.

The divided self: "We think of nothing excellent without thinking of its distorted opposite": Friedrich Holderlin's Hyperion -- Trauma and the self: "To find a home only in the deep scar of my wounds": Clemens Brentano's Godwi -- The self and systems of power: "To recognize the culprit by his wound": Heinrich von Kleist's The broken pitcher -- Violence and the tenacity of the self: "I am something, that's the misery of it!": Georg B�uchner's Danton's death.


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German literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Wounds and injuries in literature.


Electronic books.

PT351 / .L96 2006eb

830.9/353