Noble Lies, Slant Truths, Necessary Angels
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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| description | 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 artistic concepts that they describe. The novels show readers why they should take fictions seriously, yet not literally--or how to suspend disbelief without suspending judgment.Shookman uses the concepts of imagination, ideals, and illusion to investigate how Wieland's novels define fiction, know its referents, and accept its truths. He places Wieland's use of fictionality in the evolution of the German novel, while also using his work to comment on academic and real world implications of fictionality. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1714702026-02-12T10:31:20Z Noble Lies, Slant Truths, Necessary Angels Shookman, Ellis Poetry / European / German thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DC Poetry 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 artistic concepts that they describe. The novels show readers why they should take fictions seriously, yet not literally--or how to suspend disbelief without suspending judgment.Shookman uses the concepts of imagination, ideals, and illusion to investigate how Wieland's novels define fiction, know its referents, and accept its truths. He places Wieland's use of fictionality in the evolution of the German novel, while also using his work to comment on academic and real world implications of fictionality. 2026-02-12T10:31:18Z 2026-02-12T10:31:18Z 2020 book 9781469656502 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171470 eng The University of North Carolina Press 10.1353/book.90111 10.1353/book.90111 f46e5319-8d09-4c63-b9f2-a13480694ab4 9781469656502 256 open access |
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