Narrative Structure and the Reader in Wilhelm Raabe's 'Im Alten Eisen'

Lensing, Leo A.

ISBN 10: 3261021284 / ISBN 13: 9783261021281

Published by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 1977

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Zustandsbeschreibung: Mängelexemplar/near mint. The author examines the relationship between the narrator and the reader in Wilhelm Raabe's Im alten Eisen (1887) both as an aspect of narrative structure and as a reflection of social and cultural criticism. Using W. Iser's concept of the «implied reader», the interpretation progresses from an investigation of Raabe's actual readers to a Im alten Eisen is linked to its unusual synthesis of the fairy-tale and the novelistic genres and to its parody of the family-journal novels of E. Marlitt. 115 Seiten, broschiert (German Studies in America; Vol. 25/Peter Lang Verlag 1977). Statt EUR 49,95. Gewicht: 282 g - Softcover/Taschenbuch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Narrative Structure and the Reader in Wilhelm Raabe's 'Im Alten Eisen'
• Publisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3261021284
• ISBN 13: 9783261021281
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Sehr Gut
• Weight: 282 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bürgerlicher Realismus

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Synopsis

The author examines the relationship between the narrator and the reader in Wilhelm Raabe's Im alten Eisen (1887) both as an aspect of narrative structure and as a reflection of social and cultural criticism. Using W. Iser's concept of the «implied reader», the interpretation progresses from an investigation of Raabe's actual readers to a Im alten Eisen is linked to its unusual synthesis of the fairy-tale and the novelistic genres and to its parody of the family-journal novels of E. Marlitt.

Language Notes

Text: English, German