Noble Lies, Slant Truths, Necessary Angels Aspects of Fictionality in the Novels of Christoph Martin Wieland

Using the nine novels of Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813) as case studies, Shookman explores the notion of fictionality both as a distinctive feature of the stories themselves and as a distinguishing characteristic of the fanciful notions, moral laws, political utopias, religious beliefs, and ar...

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Main Author: Shookman, Ellis (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 1997
Series:UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures 118
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