“Too much light is not good, but this subdued light is just right”: The Motif of Marital Betrayal in German Poetic Realism – on the Example of „Effi Briest” by Theodor Fontane.
This article examines the concept of German Realism, also known as poetic realism or bourgeois realism, using the example of the motif of marital betrayal. Theodor Fontane’s Effi Briest is the most widely known literary work that portrays infidelity and the punishment inflicted on the wife who break...
Main Author: | Joanna Jabłkowska |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Lodz University Press
2018-03-01
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Series: | Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica |
Online Access: | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/polonica/article/view/4589 |
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