Künstlerromane

A form of Künstlerroman — A novel whose central character is an artist of any kind, and which shows his or her development from childhood to maturity.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Künstlerroman

    To “bear my mother’s name:” Künstlerromane by Women Writers

    1985, Rachel Blau DuPlessis [aut., ed.], Writing beyond the Ending: Narrative Strategies of Twentieth-Century Women Writers, pages 84–104: “To ‘bear my mother’s name:’ Künstlerromane by Women Writers”, essay title (Indiana University Press)
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    […] great model — apart from contemporary Künstlerromane and impressionist tales of school life — was, as the notes of […]

    1948, Hans Carossa, Eine Kindheit, B. Blackwell, page xlvii

    With “Künstlerromane” such as “Hermann Ifinger” he at last convinced people he was a writer with ideas, and with his two last novels, “Die Osterinsel” and “Die Rothenburger” he has stepped into the front rank of German novelists.

    1974, Fernand Ortmans, editor, Cosmopolis, volume 3, Kraus Reprint, page 365

    They are, therefore, Künstlerromane of a particularly problematic kind: most of each text consists of the argument of its own impossibility.

    1981, Naomi Segal, Bithell Series of Dissertations, volume 6: “The Banal Object: Theme and Thematics in Proust, Rilke, Hofmannsthal, and Sartre”, page iv (Institute of Germanic Studies, University of London)

    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: The Female Künstlerromane in America

    1981, Linda Huf, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: The Female Künstlerromane in America, main title (University of Maryland)

    Adolescence, Autonomy, and Vocation: Heroines of Künstlerromane by Modern American Women

    1982, Constance Marie Perry, Adolescence, Autonomy, and Vocation: Heroines of Künstlerromane by Modern American Women, main title (Indiana University)

Origin

  1. GermanKünstlerromane
  2. EnglishKünstlerromane

From the German Künstlerromane, the nominative plural form of Künstlerroman.

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