I/You - Paradoxical Constructions of Self and Other in Early German Romanticism

I/You focuses on representations of self and other in the philosophical fragments and prose of Novalis, Friedrich Schlegel, and Dorothea Veit-Schlegel. Dr. Strand traces connections between their writings on otherness and Jacques Lacan's poststructuralist, psychoanalytic theories. Early Romantic notions of women and the Orient are analyzed. Luce Irigaray's feminist critiques of Western thought inform the discussions on early Romantic writings on gender. The connections between philosophy and literature are emphasized.

About the author

The Author: Mary Strand received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in German Literature from the University of Minnesota. She received a Mellon Fund Grant as well as a Graduate School Fellowship from the University of Minnesota and was chosen to be a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa honor societies. Among her published articles is a translation of an essay by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. She is also a coeditor and cotranslator of Theory as Practice: A Critical Anthology of Early German Romantic Writings.

Product details

• Authors: Mary R. Strand
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1998
• EAN: 9780820436654
• ISBN: 978-0-8204-3665-4
• No. of pages: 130
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 13 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 360 g
• Series: Studies in Modern German Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics