Abstract
The Master's thesis argues that the protagonist of Bettina von Arnim's novel Dies Buch gehört dem König (1843) draws on aesthetic, political, pedagogical and medical discourses that emerged around 1800 in order to design a political alternative model to her hierarchical and normalistic present. Two observations can be made from this perspective: Firstly, a tension between the novel and the socio-statistical appendix becomes visible. Secondly, it can be shown that the protagonist has a form of subjectivation in mind that has strong similarities to that of the post-Fordist present.
Committee Chair
Prof. André Fischer
Committee Members
Prof. Lynne Tatlock Prof. Matt Erlin
Degree
Master of Arts (AM/MA)
Author's Department
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
Spring 5-2025
Language
German (de)
Recommended Citation
Vogt, Anton, "„[M]it meim Blumenstaub nähr ich den Geist der Zukunft.“ Der Rückgriff auf das Jahr 1807 in Bettina von Arnims Dies Buch gehört dem König" (2025). Arts & Sciences Theses and Dissertations. 3645.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/art_sci_etds/3645