Studies in Goethe's Lyric Cycles

By Meredith Lee

Book Overview

The book presents a series of interpretive readings of the R mische Elegien, Sonette, Chinesisch-deutsche Jarhes- und Tageszeiten, several trilogies, and the shorter cycles of 1821, taking into account the variety of literary devices Goethe employs to link poems together into a cycle. The author examines Goethe's role in the history of the lyric cycle and, in stressing structural design, urges a reevaluation of the cycle's emergence as a standard poetic device.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469657775
• ISBN13: 9781469657776
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"