LEADER 00000cam a2200781 i 4500 001 on1151514227 003 OCoLC 005 20210702123052.2 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 190729t20202020nyu ob 001 0 eng 010 2019032678 019 1153072685 020 9781501749377|qelectronic book 020 1501749382|qelectronic book 020 9781501749384|qelectronic book 020 1501749374|qelectronic book 020 |z9781501749353|qhardcover 020 |z9781501749360|qpaperback 035 (OCoLC)1151514227|z(OCoLC)1153072685 037 22573/ctvq11928|bJSTOR 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dN$T|dYDX|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dP@U |dJSTOR|dOCLCF|dDEGRU|dUKAHL|dOCL|dOCLCO 042 pcc 043 e-gx--- 049 RIDW 050 04 PT721|b.H63 2020 072 7 LIT|x004130|2bisacsh 072 7 LAW|x060000|2bisacsh 072 7 HIS|x014000|2bisacsh 082 00 830.9|223 090 PT721|b.H63 2020 100 1 Höcker, Arne,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ no2006075038|eauthor. 245 14 The case of literature :|bforensic narratives from Goethe to Kafka /|cArne Höcker. 264 1 Ithaca :|bCornell University Press :|bCornell University Library,|c2020. 264 4 |c©2020 300 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 The case of Werther and the institution of literature -- "Observe, write!" : histories of observation and the psychological novel Anton Reiser -- Hot and cold : history, casuistry, and literature in Schiller and Kleist -- Schmolling, Hoffmann, Hitzig, and the problem of legal responsibility -- The drama of the case : making the case of Woyzeck -- Drama, anecdote, case : Wedekind's Lulu -- Freud's cases -- Fantasy of facts : Döblin's poetics of uncertainty -- The man of possibilities : Musil's Moosbrugger. 520 "This book shows that narrative literature beginning in the late 18th century works out a mode of representing individual cases that exceeds singularity and novelty but stops short of generality and moral didacticism. Two essential questions guide the author's work here: How does this new literature contribute to the establishment of casuistic forms that since the 18th century have been involved in the formation of psychological knowledge and legal decision making? And how, inversely, does the case history contribute to the formation of literary and aesthetic discourses? In answering these questions for the German-language canon, this book contributes to the understanding of how we came to attribute to literature special formative and critical qualities that until today define our cultural self-conception"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2020). 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 German prose literature|xHistory and criticism.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105213 650 0 German prose literature|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85054423|xSources.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002012010 650 0 Case studies in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2019102380 650 0 Literature and morals|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85077568|zGermany|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n80125931-781|xHistory.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 650 7 German prose literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/941953 650 7 Case studies in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org /fast/2015512 650 7 Literature and morals.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1000085 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 651 7 Germany.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210272 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aHöcker, Arne.|tThe case of literature |dIthaca : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2020.|z9781501749353|w(DLC) 2019032677 830 0 Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/no2010039746 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=2292183|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20210708|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 5016 |lridw 994 92|bRID