Philosophy and German Literature, 1700-1990

Klappentext This collection offers six chapters by leading specialists on the dialogue between the work of German literary writers and philosophers. Zusammenfassung Although the connection between German literature and philosophy has often been emphasised in relation to particular texts! little research has been undertaken into the broader dialogue between the two. This edited collection offers six chapters by leading specialists on the interplay between the work of German literary writers and philosophers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction: German literature and philosophy Nicholas Saul; 1. Critique and experience: philosophy and literature in the German Enlightenment John A. McCarthy; 2. The pursuit of the subject: Literature as critic and perfecter of philosophy 1790-1830 Nicholas Saul; 3. Two realisms: German literature and philosophy 1830-90 John Walker; 4. Modernism and the self 1890-1924 Ritchie Robertson; 5. The subjects of community: aspiration, memory resistance 1918-45 Russell A. Berman; 6. Coming to terms with the past in postwar literature and philosophy Robert C. Holub; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Saul, Nicholas (University of Liverpool) Saul
• Assisted by: Nicholas Saul (Editor), Saul Nicholas (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521154505
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15450-5
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Cambridge Studies in German; Cambridge Studies in German
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: general, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy