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Orienting the Self (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Debra N. Prager
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Description for Orienting the Self (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Hardcover. Follows the evolution of the Orient as a positive literary device in German literature and demonstrates how it was used to explore subjectivity and the possibility of wholeness. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 338 pages, 2, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
Follows the evolution of the Orient as a positive literary device in German literature and demonstrates how it was used to explore subjectivity and the possibility of wholeness. For centuries, Europe's eastward gaze has been wary if not hostile. Medieval man envisaged grotesque beings at the world's edge and scanned the steppes and straits on the immediate horizon for the Asian or Arab hordes that might swarm across them. Through the Crusades, the early modern era, and the age of imperialism, Europeans regarded the Eastern subject as requiring both "discovery" and conquest. Conveniently, the "Oriental" came to ... Read more
Follows the evolution of the Orient as a positive literary device in German literature and demonstrates how it was used to explore subjectivity and the possibility of wholeness. For centuries, Europe's eastward gaze has been wary if not hostile. Medieval man envisaged grotesque beings at the world's edge and scanned the steppes and straits on the immediate horizon for the Asian or Arab hordes that might swarm across them. Through the Crusades, the early modern era, and the age of imperialism, Europeans regarded the Eastern subject as requiring both "discovery" and conquest. Conveniently, the "Oriental" came to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571135940
SKU
V9781571135940
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Orienting the Self (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
[Prager's] readings of individual works are clearly written, carefully researched, and closely argued. In the end, a conciliatory vision of the German encounters with the East emerges from Orienting the Self. . . . Prager's sensitivity toward the plight of [the main] characters [of the five works she focuses on] and her sympathy for the redemptive potential of their encounters ... Read more