Readers and Their Fictions in the Novels and Novellas of Gottfried Keller

by Gail K. Hart

This study seeks to alter our understanding of Keller's realism by problematizing the act of reading within fiction. The story of reading in Keller's fiction is a self-conscious meditation on the schism between life and its literary representation--and it emphasizes the incapacity of that representation to actually and substantially influence the life it is based on. This has consequences for the didactic writer. The act of reading here generally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469656760
• ISBN13: 9781469656762
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"