| The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism Contributor(s): Frank, Manfred (Author), Millán, Elizabeth (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0791459470 ISBN-13: 9780791459478 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: Often portrayed as a movement of poets lost in swells of passion, early German Romanticism has been generally overlooked by scholars in favor of the great system-builders of the post-Kantian perlocli Schelling and Hegel. In the twelve lectures collected here, Manfred Frank redresses this oversight, offering an in-depth exploration ofthe philosophical contributions and contemporary relevance of early German Romanticism. Arguing that the early German Romantics initiated an original movement away from idealism, Frank brings the leading figures of the movement, Fredrich Schlegel and Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis), into concert with contemporary philosophical developments, and explores the role that Firiedrich Halderlin and other members of the Homburg Circle had upon the development of early German Romantic philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 141.609 |
| LCCN: 2003059023 |
| Series: Suny Series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.6" W x 9.26" (1.14 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Often portrayed as a movement of poets lost in swells of passion, early German Romanticism has been generally overlooked by scholars in favor of the great system-builders of the post-Kantian period, Schelling and Hegel. In the twelve lectures collected here, Manfred Frank redresses this oversight, offering an in-depth exploration of the philosophical contributions and contemporary relevance of early German Romanticism. Arguing that the early German Romantics initiated an original movement away from idealism, Frank brings the leading figures of the movement, Friedrich Schlegel and Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis), into concert with contemporary philosophical developments, and explores the role that Friedrich H lderlin and other members of the Homburg Circle had upon the development of early German Romantic philosophy. |
