Lycanthropy in German Literature
Author | : Peter Arnds |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2015-10-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137541635 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137541636 |
Rating | : 4/5 (636 Downloads) |
Download or read book Lycanthropy in German Literature written by Peter Arnds and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lycanthropy in German Literature argues that as a symbol of both power and parasitism, the human wolf of the Germanic Middle Ages is iconic to the representation of the persecution of undesirables in the German cultural imagination from the early modern age to the post-war literary scene.