New Perspectives on the European Bildungsro man reflects the change in direction of research on the Bildungsroman, focusing on more psychological, authorial and feminist contents. Departing from the father of the archetype of the genre, Goethe, the authors trace imperative pathways to its French, British, and Italian counterparts, examining spiritual and female Bildungsromane. A wide-ranging analysis provides fresh insights into the genre through comparative analyses of Bildungsromane both diatopically and diachronically, while critical analysis of novels such as Voltaire's Candide, Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre, Bernardin de Saint Pierre's Paul et Virginie, Collodi's Pinocchio, Aleramo's Una donna present new readings of the characters, plots and purposes of the most famous European novels.
- ISBN10 1441167110
- ISBN13 9781441167118
- Publish Date 14 October 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Continuum
- Format eBook
- Pages 208
- Language English
- URL http://bloomsbury.com/