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The waiting water order, sacrifice, and submergence in German realism

Title
The waiting water [electronic resource] : order, sacrifice, and submergence in German realism / Alexander Sorenson.
Author
Sorenson, Alexander, 1988-
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024.

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Description
1 online resource.
Series Statement
Signale: modern German letters, cultures, and thought
Uniform Title
Waiting water (Online)
Alternative Title
Waiting water (Online)
Subject
  • German literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Water in literature
  • Drowning victims in literature
  • Order in literature
  • Law in literature
  • Sacrifice in literature
  • Realism in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction: Between the surface and the depths -- Water and stone: The end of life and sacrifice in Goethe's Elective affinities and Ebner-Eschenbach's Beyond atonement -- The wide sea of light: Hidden law and works of love in Stifter's early writing -- Flumen publicum: The imitation of right and the recognition of rite in Keller's A village Romeo and Juliet -- A faint wake: Atonement and afterward in Storm's late works -- Epilogue: Ophelia and the boatman.
LCCN
2023054119
OCLC
ssj0003221900
Author
Sorenson, Alexander, 1988-
Title
The waiting water [electronic resource] : order, sacrifice, and submergence in German realism / Alexander Sorenson.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024.
Series
Signale: modern German letters, cultures, and thought
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Summary
"This work is a study of water imagery, drowning motifs, and their intersection with the concepts of law and sacrifice in nineteenth-century German literature, culture, and thought."-- Provided by publisher.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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Print version: Sorenson, Alexander, 1988- Waiting water Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024 9781501777097 (DLC) 2023054118
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