| Heidegger and the Romantics: The Literary Invention of Meaning Contributor(s): Vandevelde, Pol (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415727979 ISBN-13: 9780415727976 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance |
| Dewey: 193 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |