![]() ![]() This essay proposes a cultural dynamic of transforming actions into reactions as the cause for the popularity of the novella in Germany. ![]() The search for context, while the work of the reader, is prefigured by the novella through various contextualizations, justifications, and inquiries already occurring in the text. The radical event is thus both posited and undermined by the novella. The novella presents an unheard-of event, but does so in such a way which induces the reader to find an appropriate context explicating and rationalizing the event so that it “makes sense.” As a result, the event loses its quality of being a true and radical event. This essay examines features of the German Romantic novella and discusses the cognitive work the novella does. ![]()
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