The Penn State Series in German Literature The Penn State Series in German Literature General Editor Joseph P. Strelka, State University of New York at Albany Editorial Board Stuart Atkins, University of California at Santa Barbara Peter Demetz, Yale University Reinhold Grimm, University of Wisconsin Karl Guthke, Harvard University Erich Heller, Northwestern University Victor Lange, Princeton University Rio Preisner, The Pennsylvania State University Henry Remak, Indiana University Oskar Seidlin, Indiana University Walter Sokel, University of Virginia Blake Lee Spahr, University of California at Berkeley Wilhelm Miiller, The Poet of the Schubert Song Cycles: His Life and Works, by Cecilia C. Baumann German Baroque Poetry, 1618-1723, by Robert M. Browning German Poetry in the Age of the Enlightenment, by Robert M. Browning Georg Trakl's Poetry: Toward a Union of Opposites, by Richard Detsch Kafka's Narrative Theater, by James Rolleston War, Weimar, and Literature: The Story of the New Merkur, 1914-1925, by Guy Stern The Leitword in Minnesang: A New Approach to Stylistic Analysis and Textual Criticism, by Vickie L. Ziegler Richard Beer-Hofmann: His Life and Work, by Esther N. Elstun Figures of Identity "Man erinnere sich, was wir oben von der Lehre des Roger Baco mitge- teilt . , daR sich namlich jede Tugend, jede Kraft, jede Tiichtigkeit, alles dem man ein Wesen, ein Dasein zuschreiben kann, ins Unendliche verviel- faltigt und zwar dadurch, daR immerfort Gleichbilder, Gleichnisse, Abbil- dungen als zweite Selbstheiten von ihm ausgehen, dergestalt, daR diese Ab- bilder sich wieder darstellen, wirksam werden, und indem sie immer fort und fort reflektieren, diese Welt der Erscheinungen ausmachen." Goethe's Schriften zur Farbenlehre, "Intentionelle Farben" Figures of Identity Goethe's Novels and the Enigmatic Self Clark S. Muenzer The Pennsylvania State University Press University Park and London Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Muenzer, Clark S. Figures of identity. (The Penn State series in German literature) Includes bibliography and index. 1. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832-Criticism and interpretation. 2. Self-realization in literature. I. Title. 11. Series. PT1986.M8 1984 833'.6 83-43033 ISBN 0-271-00361-8 Copyright 0 1984 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Shaheen This page intentionally left blank. .