A Künstlerroman (German pronunciation: [ˈkʏnstlɐ.ʁoˌmaːn]; plural -ane), meaning "artist's novel" in German, is a narrative about an artist's growth to maturity. It may be classified as a specific sub-genre of Bildungsroman; such a work, usually a novel, tends to depict the conflicts of a sensitive youth against the values of a bourgeois society of his or her time.
Alasdair Gray's Lanark: A Life in Four Books consists of four books arranged in th...
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Books In This Genre:
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ,
- The Woman Warrior ,
- Sons and Lovers ,
- Of Human Bondage ,
- Look Homeward, Angel ,
- David Copperfield ,
- The Agony and the Ecstasy ,
- The Well of Loneliness ,
- Black Boy ,
- Cat's Eye
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Also known as:
- Kunstlerroman