| Apprenticeships: The Bildungsroman from Goethe to Santayana 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Jeffers, T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403966079 ISBN-13: 9781403966070 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: Novels about growing up have long been loved by ordinary readers and analyzed, sometimes with more heat than light, by scholars. This book respects the interests of ordinary readers while clarifying and frequently resolving the moral, psychological, social, and occasionally religious coming-of-age dilemmas that scholars have wrestled with. Focusing on Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister," Dickens's "David Copperfield," James's "What Maisie Knew," Forster's "The Longest Journey," Lawrence's "Sons and Lovers," and Santayana's "The Last Puritan," Jeffers writes in a fresh, engaging style meant to give criticism a liveliness and even brilliance it has in recent decades often lacked. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 809.393 |
| LCCN: 2004059990 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.46" W x 9.5" (1.11 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Novels about growing up have long been loved by ordinary readers and analyzed, sometimes with more heat than light, by scholars. This book respects the interests of ordinary readers while clarifying and frequently resolving the moral, psychological, social, and occasionally religious coming-of-age dilemmas that scholars have wrestled with. Focusing on Goethe's Wilhelm Meister, Dickens's David Copperfield, James's What Maisie Knew, Forster's The Longest Journey, Lawrence's Sons and Lovers, and Santayana's The Last Puritan, Jeffers writes in a fresh, engaging style meant to give criticism a liveliness and even brilliance it has in recent decades often lacked. |