work1797 (Tieck); Romantic literary tale
Carl Blechen, Waldweg bei Spandau (circa 1835). Wikimedia Commons
Der blonde Eckbert
The one with the castle, the gems and the singing bird.
To Explore
- How is psychological horror used in German Romanticism, especially in the fairy tales of Tieck and Hoffmann?
- How does the Doppelgänger motif function in Der blonde Eckbert? What does the Romantic fascination with doubling suggest about anxieties surrounding selfhood and reality?
reference materials
Books
Der blonde EckbertLudwig Tieck, 1797
The Romantic fairy taleMarianne Thalmann
Films
MelancholiaLars von Trier, 2011
Other
Blaue Blumeconcept by Novalis
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