Heidegger and the Romantics - The Literary Invention of Meaning

While there are many books on the romantics, and many books on Heidegger, there has been no book exploring the connection between the two. Pol Vandevelde's new study forges this important link.

Vandevelde begins by analyzing two models that have addressed the interaction between literature and philosophy: early German romanticism (especially Schlegel and Novalis), and Heidegger's work with poetry in the 1930s. Both models offer an alternative to the paradigm of mimesis, as exemplified by Aristotle's and Plato's discussion of poetry, and both German romanticism and Heidegger owe a deep debt to Plato. The study goes on to defend the view that Heidegger was influenced by romanticism. The author's project is thus both historical, showing the specificity of the romantic and Heideggerean works, and systematic, defending aspects of their alternative mode of thinking while also pointing to their weaknesses.

List of contents

Introduction Part 1: The Literary Project of Early German Romanticism 1. The Work as Fragment: Toward a New kind of Criticism 2. Transcendental Poetry: An Elusive Metaphysics Part 2: "Poetry Makes a Being More Being": Heidegger’s Poetic Program in the 1930s and Early 1940s 3. From the Sense of Being to the Truth of Being: Poetry, Language, and History 4. Toward a New Ontology: The Poetic Configuration of Things. Conclusion: The Unfinished Project of Hermeneutics

About the author

Pol Vandevelde is Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University.

Summary

In this book, Vandevelde articulates the challenge literature presents to philosophy by unpacking and analyzing two models that addressed the interaction between these disciplines: early German romanticism and Martin Heidegger, especially his 1930s work on poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Pol Vandevelde, Vandevelde Pol
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2013
• EAN: 9780415727976
• ISBN: 978-0-415-72797-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Philosophy: aesthetics, Western philosophy from c 1800