Depicting Description: Lukacs and Stifter.(philosopher Georg Lukacs; writer Adalbert Stifter) From: The Germanic Review | Date: June 22, 1998| Author: Geulen, Eva | COPYRIGHT 1998 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The descriptive narratives of Adalbert Stifter can test the theories of Georg Hegel and Georg Lukacs. Hegel believed the purpose of narrative description could at times collapse upon itself and become a meditation on rhetoric itself. Lukacs believed description was only valid when it was an integral part of the whole narrative. Stifter created long descriptions of various landscapes.

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Throughout its history, the success and legitimacy of literary description have been...

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