When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot...
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When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy's story, Strike and Robin Ellacott - once his assistant, now a partner in the agency - set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside
Die Frage nach der Rolle des Karnevals in der deutschsprachigen Literatur wurde bislang nicht näher erörtert. Vor dem Hintergrund, dass das närrische Brauchtum ein kulturelles Phänomen von universeller Natur ist, war eine Untersuchung dieses...
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Die Frage nach der Rolle des Karnevals in der deutschsprachigen Literatur wurde bislang nicht näher erörtert. Vor dem Hintergrund, dass das närrische Brauchtum ein kulturelles Phänomen von universeller Natur ist, war eine Untersuchung dieses Gegenstands aber schon lange überfällig. Das Werk spannt einen zeitlichen Bogen von 500 Jahren und nimmt dabei die – weitestgehend – kanonisierte Literatur unter die Lupe. Die Rolle des Narren und die Funktion des Maskierens erfahren besondere Berücksichtigung, spiegelt beides doch die identitätsstiftende Eigenschaft, die dem Karneval innewohnt, wider. Im Medium des Karnevals – so eine Kernthese des Werks – werden die Ich-Krisen der literarischen Figuren inklusive potenzieller Lösungswege verhandelt. The question of the role of carnival in German-language literature has not been discussed in detail until now. Against the background that carnival customs are a cultural phenomenon of a universal nature, however, an investigation of this subject was long overdue. The work spans a time span of 500 years and takes a close look at the - largely - canonised literature. The role of the jester and the function of masquerading are given special consideration, as both reflect the identity-forming quality inherent in carnival. In the medium of carnival - according to a core thesis of the work - the ego crises of literary characters are negotiated, including potential solutions.