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Ambiguous aggression in German realism and beyond : flirtation, passive aggression, domestic violence
- Title
- Ambiguous aggression in German realism and beyond : flirtation, passive aggression, domestic violence / Barbara N. Nagel.
- Author
- Nagel, Barbara Natalie
- Publication
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic / Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- xii, 158 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Our main words defining emotional states suggest that we have clarity about them: expressions like 'love', 'hatred', 'anxiety', or 'sorrow' seem clear enough. The reality, however, tends to be more complicated. We are often faced with gestures and utterances that are difficult to interpret and thus find ourselves wondering about the affective force of what has just been said: "Was that an insult?" "Flirtation?" "Aggression?" Ambiguous Aggression looks at three interlocking forms of social violence - flirtation, passive aggression, and domestic violence. In order to understand their circulation, it traces their literary-historical genealogy in German realism and modernism - in scenes from Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Adalbert Stifter, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Robert Walser, and Franz Kafka, covering a historical period from the middle of the 19th century to the early decades of the 20th century. Reading realist and modernist literature through 21st -century affect theory and vice versa, the analyses collected in this book show the deep literary history of our current cultural predicaments and predilections." --
- Series Statement
- New directions in German studies ; Vol. 29
- Uniform Title
- New directions in German studies ; v. 29.
- Alternative Title
- German realism and beyond : Flirtation, passive aggression, domestic violence
- Subjects
- German fiction
- Literature, Modern > Themes, motives
- 1800-1999
- Affect (Psychology) in literature
- Aggressiveness in literature
- Flirting in literature
- Ambiguity in literature
- Realism in literature
- German fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- German fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
- Family violence in literature
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Flirtation -- "Love exploded on a time-fuse": flirtation and critical theory from realism to #metoo -- Passive aggression -- Twice-read love letters: the ambiguities of epistolary violence -- Domestic violence -- Home in hiding: scenes of domestic violence -- Symphonic aggression -- "what murderously peaceful people there are": on aggression in Robert Walser -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-714
- ISBN
- 9781501352713
- 1501352717
- LCCN
- 2019013190
- OCLC
- 1099542858
- Author
- Nagel, Barbara Natalie, author.
- Title
- Ambiguous aggression in German realism and beyond : flirtation, passive aggression, domestic violence / Barbara N. Nagel.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic / Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New directions in German studies ; Vol. 29New directions in German studies ; v. 29.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-714