Artificial I's

by Eric Downing

This study explores three works in which the protagonist undertakes to fashion a literary artwork out of himself: Ovid's Ars Amatoria , Kierkegaard's Diary of the Seducer , and Thomas Mann's Felix Krull . For each work, particular attention is paid to the self-conscious interplay between the author's project of book-making and the character's project of self-making, as well as to the effect of changing notions of self-identity on the protagonist's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3484181273
• ISBN13: 9783484181274
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary