„Ist es etwas, das man wissen muß?“

Based on the idea that the homosexuality of certain historical figures is often revealed in slightly veiled ways in Fontane’s work, this article investigates the function of such allusions and figurations on the structure, character configuration and meaning of Fontane’s Cécile and Der Stechlin and...

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Main Author: Florian Krobb
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Language:deu
Published: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg 2022-12-01
Series:Recherches Germaniques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rg/8502
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description Based on the idea that the homosexuality of certain historical figures is often revealed in slightly veiled ways in Fontane’s work, this article investigates the function of such allusions and figurations on the structure, character configuration and meaning of Fontane’s Cécile and Der Stechlin and discusses the effects of the discourse on ‘sexually pathological’ phenomena in the literary text. In both novels, this topic possesses a central significance which only reveals itself against the background of contemporary ‘knowledge’.
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„Ist es etwas, das man wissen muß?“
Recherches Germaniques
Fontane
gender
homosexuality
Rosa Bonheur
Prince Heinrich of Prussia
title „Ist es etwas, das man wissen muß?“
title_full „Ist es etwas, das man wissen muß?“
title_fullStr „Ist es etwas, das man wissen muß?“
title_full_unstemmed „Ist es etwas, das man wissen muß?“
title_short „Ist es etwas, das man wissen muß?“
title_sort ist es etwas das man wissen muss
topic Fontane
gender
homosexuality
Rosa Bonheur
Prince Heinrich of Prussia
url https://journals.openedition.org/rg/8502
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