German Romantic Literary TheoryThe emergence of a new theory of literature in the German Romantic period constituted a decisive turning point in the history of criticism. A view of the literary work and the artistic process developed which diverged sharply from the dominant classicist understanding of aesthetics and poetics. It recognised the infinite changeablility of genres, and asserted the rights of genius and creative imagination. Professor Behler provides a new account of this crucial movement, illustrating each theoretical topic with close reference to a characteristic work by a major writer of the period. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Formation and main representatives of early Romanticism in Germany | 13 |
2 Poetry in the early Romantic theory of the Schlegel brothers | 72 |
3 The theory of Romantic poetry | 131 |
4 Novalis and the mystical dimension of early Romantic theory | 181 |
5 Wackenroders and Tiecks conceptions of painting and music | 222 |
6 Theory of language hermeneutics and encyclopaedistics | 260 |
early German Romanticism and literary modernity | 299 |
Notes | 306 |
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