Representation and Its Discontents - The Critical Legacy of German Romanticism

"An admirable accomplishment of rare intellectual rigor."—Hinrich C. Seeba, University of California, Berkeley

About the author

Azade Seyhan is Associate Professor of German at Bryn Mawr College.

Summary

Provides an introduction to the critical theory of German Romanticism and demonstrates how its approach to the metaphorical and linguistic nature of knowledge is very much alive in contemporary philosophy and literary theory.

Product details

• Authors: Azade Seyhan, Seyhan Azade
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.1992
• EAN: 9780520076761
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07676-1
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, german, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary theory