Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
Contents |
The Mignon corpus : preliminary considerations -- Mignon in Germany : from Goethe to Stifter -- Nineteenth-century French afterlives -- Nineteenth-century English afterlives -- Mignon's modern and postmodern survivals -- Mignon's songs : making music out of fiction -- The Mignon corpus : a synoptic view -- Conclusion: A future for Mignon |
Summary |
Terence Cave traces the afterlives of Mignon, an apparently minor character in Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, through the European cultures of the 19th and 20th centuries. The enigmatic and fascinating Mignon reappears in wide range of different works, mainly narrative fiction but also poetry, song, opera, and film |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 -- Characters -- Mignon
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SUBJECT |
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 fast |
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Mignon (Fictitious character)
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European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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European literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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European literature
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Mignon (Fictitious character)
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Languages & Literatures.
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Germanic Literature.
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Literature - General.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191731624 |
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0191731625 |
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