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Fictions of Legibility: The Human Face and Body in Modern German Novels from Sophie von La Roche to Alfred Döblin by Gabriela Stoicea (review)
Ist Teil von
German Studies Review, 2021-05, Vol.44 (2), p.405-407
Ort / Verlag
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Project MUSE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Since physiognomy resided at the nexus of divergent fields like medicine, philosophy, and the visual arts, the conversation that arose between it and literature allowed novelists to shed light on "the body's trials and tribulations in the age of scientific rationalism" (14). According to Stoicea, these novelists were not just illuminating the body and a mode of reading—they also were active participants in a conversation that would effect real change. [...]Stoicea's book does not engage with the many books on physiognomy that have appeared in recent years.