TY - BOOK ID - 85730080 TI - Fictions of Legibility : The Human Face and Body in Modern German Novels from Sophie von La Roche to Alfred Döblin PY - 2020 SN - 3839447208 383764720X PB - Bielefeld transcript Verlag DB - UniCat KW - Human body in literature. KW - Body, Human, in literature KW - Human figure in literature KW - Body Language In Literature. KW - Body. KW - Cultural History. KW - European Fiction. KW - Facial Expression In Literature. KW - German Literature. KW - Human Body In Literature. KW - Literary Studies. KW - Literature. KW - Physiognomy In Literature. KW - Racism. KW - German Novels; European Fiction; Physiognomy In Literature; Facial Expression In Literature; Human Body In Literature; Body Language In Literature; Literature; Body; Cultural History; German Literature; Racism; Literary Studies KW - La Roche, Sophie von, KW - Spielhagen, Friedrich, KW - Döblin, Alfred, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Von La Roche, Sophie, KW - Roche, Sophie von La, KW - LaRoche, Sophie von, KW - Gutermann, Marie Sophie von, KW - Frau Verfasserin der Pomona, KW - Pomona, Frau Verfasserin der, KW - Verfasserin der Pomona, KW - Deblin, A., KW - Poot, Linke, KW - Doeblin, Alfred, KW - Döblin, Alfred KW - דבלין, אלפרד, KW - דעבלין, אלפרעד KW - שפיעלהאגען, פריעדריך, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85730080 AB - Gabriela Stoicea examines how the incidence and role of physical descriptions in German novels changed between 1771 and 1929 in response to developments in the study of the human face and body. As well as engaging the tools and methods of literary analysis, the study uses a cultural studies approach to offer a constellation of ideas and polemics surrounding the readability of the human body. By including discussions from the medical sciences, epistemology, and aesthetics, the book draws out the multi-faceted permutations of corporeal legibility, as well as its relevance for the development of the novel and for facilitating inter-disciplinary dialogue. ER -