"Aus Einem Ungekannten Zentrum, Zu Einer Nicht Erkennbaren Grenze" Chaos Theory, Hermeneutics and Goethe's "Die Wahlverwandtschaften" |
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| Author:
| Reahard, Julie A. |
| Series title: | Internationale Forschungen Zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-420-0223-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Imprint: | Brill / Rodopi |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $48.00 |
Book Description:
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In an attempt to discover the one-idea with respect to which Goethe claimed he had worked while writing
Die Wahlverwandtschaften, taking my cue from Goethe himself, I have united the investigational techniques of hermeneutics and complexity or chaos theory and brought them to bear on the structure of several of the mirroring events in the text. The overwhelming conclusion of this author is that, like those investigating chaos in nature, literary theorists must turn to...
More DescriptionIn an attempt to discover the one-idea with respect to which Goethe claimed he had worked while writing Die Wahlverwandtschaften, taking my cue from Goethe himself, I have united the investigational techniques of hermeneutics and complexity or chaos theory and brought them to bear on the structure of several of the mirroring events in the text. The overwhelming conclusion of this author is that, like those investigating chaos in nature, literary theorists must turn to comprehensive approaches if they wish to treat seriously the structure of texts as works which flow from nature: the nature of the human mind.