SOURCE: Mahoney, Dennis F. “The Apprenticeship of the Reader: The Bildungsroman of the ‘Age of Goethe.’” In Reflection and Action: Essays on the Bildungsroman, edited by James N. Hardin, pp. 97-117. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991.
In the following essay, Mahoney proposes that Bildungsromane have a unique impact and influence upon their readers.
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