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Loading... Anton Reiser: A Psychological Novelby Karl Philipp Moritz
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A vivid pseudonymous autobiography of a sensitive and deeply self-aware youth growing up in Hanover in the 18th century. Although Moritz's anguish and insecurity can be tedious, it serves his goal of showing the effects of in imperfect educational system on impressionable pupils. For contemporary readers, the most striking aspect of the work is its emotional honesty. Moritz lives in these pages as few authors of his ear do. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Called a 'biography' by Moritz, this book is autobiographical. It is also a searching psychological and religious discourse, describing Moritz's spiritual journey and his struggle to move beyond the narrow Pietistic world of his youth No library descriptions found. |
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