{"product_id":"allegories-of-format-a-media-history-of-gottfried-kellers-unlikely-oeuvre-paperback","title":"Allegories of Format: A Media History of Gottfried Keller's Unlikely Oeuvre - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalika Maskarinec\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllegories of Format\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines the significance of format to the literary oeuvre of the nineteenth-century Swiss author, Gottfried Keller (1819-1890), best known for his 1855 novel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Henry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDer grüne Heinrich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e Malika Maskarinec understands format as the organization of a media object's relationship to a world of objects and persons; format orders a text's contents or, in the case of literature, what it represents. Maskarinec focuses on three formats of growing prominence in nineteenth-century media culture: the collected-works edition, the document, and the periodical. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe analysis demonstrates that different fictional worlds, characters, and plots in Keller's literary output allegorize the problems that specific print and paper formats pose to literary ideals of literature as an art form and to ideals of creative authorship. As \u003ci\u003eAllegories of Format \u003c\/i\u003eshows, attending to format allows for false antitheses inherited from the nineteenth century to be dismantled--between high and trivial literature, between the singular artwork and mass media products, and between creative literary works and the supposedly uncreative writing practices of office work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is available as an Open Access volume thanks to funding from the University of Bern\/Universität Bern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalika Maskarinec is Assistant Professor of German Studies at the University of Bern. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Forces of Form in German Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eTruth in Serial Form\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338987536473,"sku":"9781501784040","price":68.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/l6CBOlAcSv9781501784040.webp?v=1779433821","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/allegories-of-format-a-media-history-of-gottfried-kellers-unlikely-oeuvre-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}