Abstract
This contribution explores poetological implications of the walk in literature
in reference to changing visual paradigms, beginning with Gottlob
Schelle, and Johann Gottfried Seume, to Adalbert Stifter, Robert Walser,
and ending with Thomas Bernhard. The poetics of walking here follow a
theoretical perspective which is interested in understanding the literary
form as a self-referential closure against the ›theoretical surroundings‹ that
are partly enforced by a changing and ever more dominant visual and figurative
culture. This exploration extends from the modern literary renderings
of walking around 1800 in line with an understanding of literature
as a form of ekphrasis to the world of
in reference to changing visual paradigms, beginning with Gottlob
Schelle, and Johann Gottfried Seume, to Adalbert Stifter, Robert Walser,
and ending with Thomas Bernhard. The poetics of walking here follow a
theoretical perspective which is interested in understanding the literary
form as a self-referential closure against the ›theoretical surroundings‹ that
are partly enforced by a changing and ever more dominant visual and figurative
culture. This exploration extends from the modern literary renderings
of walking around 1800 in line with an understanding of literature
as a form of ekphrasis to the world of
| Translated title of the contribution | Intensifying Poetics: Thomas Bernhard's 'walks' in the context of literary history |
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| Original language | German |
| Title of host publication | Limbus |
| Editors | Franz Josef Deiters, Axel Fliethmann, Alison Lewis, Cat Moir, Christiane Weller |
| Place of Publication | Baden-Baden Germany |
| Publisher | Rombach Verlag |
| Pages | 129-149 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Volume | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783968216492 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783968216485 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |