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03974aam a2200637 i 4500 001 14B8A4142FC611E7A3652FCCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170503010126 007 tu 008 151013t20162016nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015040065 020 $a 1501315781 020 $a 9781501315787 020 $a 1501315773 020 $a 9781501315770 020 $a 1501315765 020 $a 9781501315763 035 $a (OCoLC)921033685 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d DEBSZ $d ZCU $d YUS $d PUL $d CHVBK $d GWDNB $d ITD $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PT2183 G87 2016 084 $a 830 $q DE-101 $2 sdnb 100 1 $a Gustafson, Susan E., $e author. 245 10 $a Goethe's Families of the Heart / $c Susan E. Gustafson. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, $c 2016. 300 $a viii, 199 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a New directions in German studies ; $v vol. 15 520 $a "Throughout his literary work Goethe portrays characters who defy and reject Enlightenment ideals of the bourgeois family, notions of heritage, assumptions about biological connections, expectations about heterosexuality, and legal mandates concerning marriage. The questions Goethe's plays and novels pose are often modern and challenging: Do social conventions, family expectations, and legal mandates matter? Can two men or two women pair together and be parents? How many partners or parents should there be? Two? One? A group? Can parents love children not biologically related to them? Do biological parents always love their children? What is the nature of adoptive parents, children, and families? Ultimately, what is the fundamental essence of love and family? Gustafson demonstrates that Goethe's conception of the elective affinities is certainly not limited to heterosexual spouses or occasionally to men desiring men. A close analysis of Goethe's explication of affinities throughout his literary production reveals his rejection of loveless relationships (for example, arranged marriages) and his acceptance and promotion of all relationships formed through spontaneous affinities and love (including heterosexual, same-sex, bisexual, group, parental, and adoptive)"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "An analysis of all the radical love relationships (heterosexual, same-sex, bisexual, biological, and adoptive) that Goethe portrays throughout his literary works"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, $d 1749-1832 $x Characters. 600 10 $a Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, $d 1749-1832 $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Love in literature. 650 0 $a Families in literature. 650 0 $a Social interaction in literature. 653 $a (lcsh)Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Characters 653 $a (lcsh)Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Criticism and interpretation 653 $a (fast)Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 653 $a (lcsh)Love in literature 653 $a (lcsh)Families in literature 653 $a (lcsh)Social interaction in literature 653 $a (bisacsh)LITERARY CRITICISM--General 653 $a (bisacsh)LITERARY CRITICISM--European--German 653 $a (bisacsh)LITERARY CRITICISM--Gay & Lesbian 653 $a (fast)Characters and characteristics 653 $a (fast)Families in literature 653 $a (fast)Love in literature 653 $a (fast)Social interaction in literature 653 $a (fast)Criticism, interpretation, etc 830 0 $a New directions in German studies ; $v v. 15. 856 42 $u http://d-nb.info/1114185779/04 $3 Inhaltsverzeichnis 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210024427.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171205011956.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14B8A4142FC611E7A3652FCCDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search