The self as muse : narcissism and creativity in the German imagination, 1750-1830 /
While there are countless philosophical and psychological studies that focus on sources of the self, narcissism - the creation of an ideal image of the self and the vain attempt to merge with it - has found relatively little attention in a pre-Freudian context. The Self as Muse fills this gap by exa...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lewisburg [Pa.] : Lanham, Md. :
Bucknell University Press ; Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
2011
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| Series: | Transits (Bucknell University)
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | While there are countless philosophical and psychological studies that focus on sources of the self, narcissism - the creation of an ideal image of the self and the vain attempt to merge with it - has found relatively little attention in a pre-Freudian context. The Self as Muse fills this gap by examining various aspects of narcissism and their significance for the outpouring of creativity in late eighteenth and nineteenth-century German literature. Narcissism provided an impetus for poetic production when writers expressed what they perceived as the inner workings of their soul. By showing na. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 222 p.). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611480337 1611480337 1299822037 9781299822030 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
