Literarische Entwürfe des Beginnens
Description
The beginning never begun, the abortive introduction of a text, are some of the nightmares which can plague an author. Were he to conform to the mythical tradition of reiteration of what has already been said, his self-image as originator and creator would be called into question. Seen from the aspect of production and reception aesthetics, any attempt to establish and retain a beginning as original thought always proves to be a retroactive, belated effort. After all, we have always started off with the text. This book presents literary imaginings from 18th to 21st century, which reveal the beginning as an interminable movement of thought particular to modernism.
Overview
Wie anfangen?
Raum, Punkt, Komma – Strich
Figuren des Aufbruchs
Das weiße Blatt
Paratexte
Konzepte
Inverse Gesten des Beginnens
Initiationen – Individuationen
Getanzte Nekrologe
Zur Autorin
Press Reviews
»So ist der Duncker & Humblot Verlag zu loben, der seit 2011 Beispielmaterialien für einen solchen Artikel mit seiner ansprechend gestalteten Reihe handlicher Broschüren zu ›Lectiones Inauguralis‹ in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen (die Jurisprudenz eingeschlossen) vorlegt.« Prof. Dr. Jörg Schönert, in: Zeitschrift für Germanistik, Neue Folge XXVII, Heft 3/2017