Dances of the Self in Heinrich Von Kleist, E. T. A. Hoffmann and Heinrich Heine

Name: Dances of the Self in Heinrich Von Kleist, E. T. A. Hoffmann and Heinrich Heine
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ISBN: 9780754653615

ISBN-10: 0754653617

ISBN-13: 9780754653615

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lucia Ruprecht

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Lucia Ruprecht's study is the first monograph in English to analyse the relationship between nineteenth-century German literature and theatrical dance. Combining cultural history with close readings of major texts by Heinrich von Kleist, E.T.A. Hoffmann and Heinrich Heine, the author brings to light little-known German resources on dance to address the theoretical implications of examining the interdiscursive and intermedial relations between the three authors' literary works, aesthetic reflections on dance, and dance of the period. In doing so, she not only shows how dancing and writing relate to one another but reveals the characteristics that make each mode of expression distinct unto…

Book details

List price: $175.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/28/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.53" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Introduction


Dance, writing and trauma


Heinrich von Kleist and the mechanics of grace


E.T.A. Hoffmann and the true art of dance


Heinrich Heine and the new language of the body


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index