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Imagery in Conrad Ferdinand Meyer's Prose Works

Form, Motifs, and Functions

Buch | Hardcover

267 Seiten

1983
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
978-3-261-03251-5 (ISBN)

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This study examines in detail the role of imagery in Conrad Ferdinand Meyer's prose works. It shows how intricately formed patterns of imagery impart to Meyer's prose its characteristic flavor and set him apart among the poetic realists of his period. To start, the linguistic forms of Meyer's metaphorical language are analyzed. Seperate chapters then probe the rich clusters of imagery and focus on their characterizing and structural functions. They reveal how images produce oblique perspectives that give rise to an ironic shadow play between appearance and reality. The conclusion concentrates on Der Heilige, the single work that best exemplifies how images are instrumental in creating the complex weave of Meyer's narrative. The nature of Meyer's imagery points to the new wave of symbolism which was soon to make its impact on German literature.

Contents: Linguistic Forms - Centers of Expansion - Functions of Imagery - Imagery in Der Heilige.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.1983
Reihe/Serie	German Studies in America ; 47
Verlagsort	Bern
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Sprach- und Wörterbuch / Deutsch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Germanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Conrad • Ferdinand • Form • Functions • Imagery • Meyer • motifs • Prose • Works
ISBN-10	3-261-03251-0 / 3261032510
ISBN-13	978-3-261-03251-5 / 9783261032515
Zustand	Neuware