A History of the Bildungsroman
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A History of the Bildungsroman

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A History of the Bildungsroman

About this book

The Bildungsroman has been one of the most significant genres in Western literature since the eighteenth century. This volume, comprised of eleven chapters by leading experts in the field, offers original insights into how the novel of formation developed a strong tradition in Germany, France, Britain, Russia, and the USA. In demonstrating how the genre has been adopted and adapted in innovative forms of fiction, this volume also shows how a genre traditionally associated with the young white man has been used to give expression to the formative experiences of women, LGBTQ people, and post-colonial populations. Exploring the genre's emergence and evolution in numerous countries and across more than two hundred years, this volume provides unprecedented historical and geographical coverage and demonstrates that the Bildungsroman has a rich heritage and a bright future.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 The German Tradition of the Bildungsroman
  10. Chapter 2 The French Bildungsroman
  11. Chapter 3 The Bildungsroman and Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
  12. Chapter 4 The Bildungsroman in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
  13. Chapter 5 The American Bildungsroman
  14. Chapter 6 The Modernist Bildungsroman
  15. Chapter 7 Bildungsromane for Children and Young Adults
  16. Chapter 8 The Female Bildungsroman in the Twentieth Century
  17. Chapter 9 The Postcolonial Bildungsroman
  18. Chapter 10 Lesbian, Gay and Trans Bildungsromane
  19. Chapter 11 Bildungsromane and Graphic Narratives
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index