New Perspectives on the European Bildungsroman
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Author_Lisa Downward
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- ISBN 9780826434302
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 2010
- Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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New Perspectives on the European Bildungsro man reflects the change in direction of research on the Bildungsroman, focusing on more psychological, authorial and feminist contents. Departing from the father of the archetype of the genre, Goethe, the authors trace imperative pathways to its French, British, and Italian counterparts, examining spiritual and female Bildungsromane. A wide-ranging analysis provides fresh insights into the genre through comparative analyses of Bildungsromane both diatopically and diachronically, while critical analysis of novels such as Voltaire's Candide, Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre, Bernardin de Saint Pierre's Paul et Virginie, Collodi's Pinocchio, Aleramo's Una donna present new readings of the characters, plots and purposes of the most famous European novels.
Giovanna Summerfield is Associate Professor of Italian and French at Auburn University, USA. Lisa Downward is Assistant Professor of Italian at Marist College, New York, USA.
