Plain Beasts: The Social Dimension and Animalistic Presence of Dogs in Fontane’s Frau Jenny Treibel and Effi Briest

This article offers a posthumanist reading of two of Theodor Fontane’s novels, Frau Jenny Treibel and Effi Briest. Focusing in particular on the introduction of dogs at various points in the novels, it maintains that although the canine characters play only a marginal role in the development of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amir Zelinger
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg 2015-07-01
Series:Recherches Germaniques
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/rg/873