Künstlerromann.
/ˈkʊnstlərəʊˌmɑːn/ A Bildungsroman n. about an artist.
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Künstlerroman1941
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1941 H. Levin James Joyce 41 The novel of development..becomes a novel of the artist, a Künstlerroman.
1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 307 The confession flows into the novel, and the mixture produces the fictional autobiography, the Künstler-roman, and kindred types.
1969 J. Gross Rise & Fall Man of Lett. i. 20 Pendennis can be seen as a first faltering step towards the Künstlerroman, the novel about the making of a novelist.
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