Meaning of Künstlerromane | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C2]
Examples
“[…] great model⟳ — apart from contemporary Künstlerromane and impressionist tales of school life — was, as the notes of […]”
“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.”
“They are, therefore, Künstlerromane of a particularly problematic kind: most of each text consists of the argument of its own⟳ impossibility.”
“Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: The Female Künstlerromane in America”
“Adolescence, Autonomy, and Vocation: Heroines of Künstlerromane by Modern American Women”
“To “bear⟳ my mother’s name⟳:” Künstlerromane by Women Writers”
“In his early Künstlerromane, such as Klingsor (1920; Klingsor’s Last⟳ Summer, 1970), Hesse presents the view⟳ that to excel one must escape⟳ middle-class conformity through one of two ways: either asceticism or sensuality.”
“[…] or “Künstlerromane” where the arts must of necessity play⟳ a role.”
“Anxieties of Maternal Influence⟳: Gender, Individuation, and Authorship in the Künstlerromane of Herman Melville and Henry James”
“The notion that the artist must withhold⟳ his or her “generative energy,” diverting it into artistic creation only, seems to have⟳ prevailed in a number⟳ of the Künstlerromane of the nineteenth century.”
“[Louise] Fitzhugh’s [Harriet the Spy (1964)] was one of the first overtly feminist künstlerromane written for children.”
“The English literary imagination never latched on to the modest craftsmen in chapels or theatre pits; professional musicians became fiction-worthy only when the Geniekult started to inspire⟳ Künstlerromane around figures like⟳ Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Paganini, or Liszt.”
“Exploring Walden (1854) and Little Women (1868), two autobiographical künstlerromane depicting the education and rise⟳ of a young artist, will enable a presentation of Alcott’s criticism and revision of the Transcendental poet-genius ideal.”
“As künstlerromane, Brown Girl, Brownstones and Paper Fish⟳ clarify⟳ the positions of their artist protagonists as they wend their ways to worlds outside the protective spaces of their respective communities.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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