Poetry As a Way of Life
Aesthetics and Askesis in the German Eighteenth Century
Gabriel Trop(Author)
Northwestern University Press
Published on 30. April 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-8101-3436-2 (ISBN)
Description
What would it mean to make a work of art the focal point of one's life practice? Poetry as a Way of Life goes back to the origins of aesthetics as a philosophical discipline in the early eighteenth century in order to uncover an understanding of the work of art as an exercise of the self. Engaging in close readings of works by both canonical and less well-known eighteenth-century German poets such as Friedrich Holderlin, Novalis, Friedrich von Hagedorn, and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Gabriel Trop illustrates the ways in which these authors tap into the potential of poetic form to redefine the limits of human perception and generate alternative ways of being in the world.
Reviews / Votes
"In this study, Trop investigates poetry's effect on ways of perceiving the world and ways poetic texts can be the focal point in one's practice of life.... Summing Up: Recommended." -CHOICEMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-3436-2 (9780810134362)
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Person
Gabriel Tropis an assistant professor of Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.