Pétrus Borel's Gottfried Wolfgang: Intertext and the Struggles of a Sick Imagination

In "Gottfried Wolfgang," the insanity of the hero is shown by three types of behavior: obsessive reading and research, fixation on a beautiful, imaginary woman and recounting the story's central vision. Petrus Borel's "Gottfried Wolfgang" tells of the transformation of...

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Published in:MLN 1990-12, Vol.105 (5), p.1063-1070
Main Author: Murphy, Ann L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anecdotes
Anthologies
Beheading
Borel, Joseph-Pierre (Petrus Borel) (1809-59)
Fairy tales
Intertextuality
Literary criticism
Mental illness
Psychosis
Semiotic signs
Tales
Vampires
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Summary:In "Gottfried Wolfgang," the insanity of the hero is shown by three types of behavior: obsessive reading and research, fixation on a beautiful, imaginary woman and recounting the story's central vision. Petrus Borel's "Gottfried Wolfgang" tells of the transformation of a tale into myth, and the mythic imagination reveals the imagination as myth.
ISSN:0026-7910
1080-6598
DOI:10.2307/2905168