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THE PLASTICITY OF TIME Morphology in the
Twentieth Century
The Duke University Department of German cordially invites you to the inaugural Duke in Berlin lecture
Response by
Prof. Thomas Pfau
Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English and Chair
of the Department of German, Duke University
TUESDAY 21 JUNE 2016 - 4PM
Seminar room 0.07 EG, Georgenstraße 47, Humboldt University, Berlin
The event will be followed by a reception.
http://german.duke.edu/events
In the context of his morphology, Goethe
developed a technique of sequential formation
that influenced several very di�erent twentieth
century theorists. This lecture deals with four of them:
Wentworth D'Arcy Thompson, Andre Jolles, George
Kubler, and Franco Moretti.
Prof. Dr. Eva Geulen
Director of Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung
Berlin and Professor of Europäische Kultur- und
Wissensgeschichte, Humboldt University
Photo: Uwe Dettmar, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
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