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Flames of Passion, Flames of Greed
Virginia L. Lewis
其他書名
Acts of Arson in German Prose Fiction, 1850-1900
出版P. Lang, 1991
主題Literary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / European / GermanSocial Science / Customs & TraditionsSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN08204150069780820415000
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=fndJAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This well-written, lively, concise and meticulously executed study establishes five basic models of thematic representation of arson in literature. By selecting texts from a wide spectrum that covers not only well-known works by Auerbach, Raabe, and Anzengruber, but also best-sellers of the nineteenth century that are no longer accessible, Professor Lewis succeeds in demonstrating that dominant thematic patterns and motif clusters foster schematized action sequences in works not usually grouped together by literary historians. In addition, the study shows that a unique social change (introducing fire insurance) and the resulting deviant behavior (arson for profit) are not simply mirrored in literature, but subsumed by previously existing thematic constellations.