This essay reads Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften through contemporary science, focusing on chemistry's role in the novel's form. Chemical notions of affinity, separation, and recombination inform both plot and design, while chemistry figures ambivalently as a symbol of modernity.
Chapter Title
Die Wahlverwandtschaften: metodo scientifico e romanzo in Goethe
Authors
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1157-4.07
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Book Title
Scritture del particolare. Romanzo e sciences de l’homme tra Sette e Ottocento
Book Subtitle
Atti del Convegno di Siena (23-24 aprile 2025)
Editors
David Matteini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
156
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press, USiena Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1157-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-1156-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1157-4
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-1158-1
Series Title
Studi di letterature moderne e comparate
Series ISSN
2975-0377
Series E-ISSN
2975-0229