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A HISTORY OF THE BILDUNGSROMAN The Bildungsroman has been one of the most significant genres in Western literature since the eighteenth century. This volume, com prisingelevenchaptersbyleadingexpertsinthefield,offersoriginal insightsintohowthenovelofformationdevelopedastrongtradition inGermany,France,Britain,RussiaandtheUSA.Indemonstrating howthegenrehasbeenadoptedandadaptedininnovativeformsof fiction, this volume also shows how a genre traditionally associated with the young white man has been used to give expression to the formative experiences of women, LGBTQ people and postcolonial populations. Exploring the genre’s emergence and evolution in numerous countries and across more than two hundred years, this volumeprovidesunprecedentedhistoricalandgeographicalcoverage and demonstrates that the Bildungsroman has a rich heritage and a brightfuture. dr sarah graham is Lecturer in American Literature at the UniversityofLeicester. A HISTORY OF THE BILDUNGSROMAN edited by SARAH GRAHAM UniversityofLeicester UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 314 321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi 110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06 04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107136533 doi:10.1017/9781316479926 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2019 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2019 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyClaysLtd,ElcografS.p.A. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. isbn978-1-107-13653-3Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. A HISTORY OF THE BILDUNGSROMAN The Bildungsroman has been one of the most significant genres in Western literature since the eighteenth century. This volume, com prisingelevenchaptersbyleadingexpertsinthefield,offersoriginal insightsintohowthenovelofformationdevelopedastrongtradition inGermany,France,Britain,RussiaandtheUSA.Indemonstrating howthegenrehasbeenadoptedandadaptedininnovativeformsof fiction, this volume also shows how a genre traditionally associated with the young white man has been used to give expression to the formative experiences of women, LGBTQ people and postcolonial populations. Exploring the genre’s emergence and evolution in numerous countries and across more than two hundred years, this volumeprovidesunprecedentedhistoricalandgeographicalcoverage and demonstrates that the Bildungsroman has a rich heritage and a brightfuture. dr sarah graham is Lecturer in American Literature at the UniversityofLeicester. A HISTORY OF THE BILDUNGSROMAN edited by SARAH GRAHAM UniversityofLeicester UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 314 321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi 110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06 04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107136533 doi:10.1017/9781316479926 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2019 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2019 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyClaysLtd,ElcografS.p.A. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. isbn978-1-107-13653-3Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. A HISTORY OF THE BILDUNGSROMAN The Bildungsroman has been one of the most significant genres in Western literature since the eighteenth century. This volume, com prisingelevenchaptersbyleadingexpertsinthefield,offersoriginal insightsintohowthenovelofformationdevelopedastrongtradition inGermany,France,Britain,RussiaandtheUSA.Indemonstrating howthegenrehasbeenadoptedandadaptedininnovativeformsof fiction, this volume also shows how a genre traditionally associated with the young white man has been used to give expression to the formative experiences of women, LGBTQ people and postcolonial populations. Exploring the genre’s emergence and evolution in numerous countries and across more than two hundred years, this volumeprovidesunprecedentedhistoricalandgeographicalcoverage and demonstrates that the Bildungsroman has a rich heritage and a brightfuture. dr sarah graham is Lecturer in American Literature at the UniversityofLeicester.
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