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A History of the Bildungsroman

By Sarah Graham

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781107136533, 9781316479926
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1467136 bytes)
Pages
\370
Topic
Literature
Time added
2021-05-07 22:31:01

Description

The Bildungsroman has been one of the most significant genres in Western literature since the eighteenth century. This volume, comprised of eleven chapters by leading experts in the field, offers original insights into how the novel of formation developed a strong tradition in Germany, France, Britain, Russia, and the USA. In demonstrating how the genre has been adopted and adapted in innovative forms of fiction, this volume also shows how a genre traditionally associated with the young white man has been used to give expression to the formative experiences of women, LGBTQ people, and post-colonial populations. Exploring the genre's emergence and evolution in numerous countries and across more than two hundred years, this volume provides unprecedented historical and geographical coverage and demonstrates that the Bildungsroman has a rich heritage and a bright future.

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