The Literary Absolute
The Theory of Literature in German Romanticism
Published on 15. March 1988
194 pages
978-1-4384-0985-6 (ISBN)
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The first authoritative study of the emergence of the modern concept of literature in German romanticism.
The Literary Absolute is the first authoritative study of the emergence of the modern concept of literature in German romanticism. The authors trace this concept from the philosophical crisis bequeathed by Kant to his successors, to its development by the central figures of the Athenaeum group: the Schlegel brothers, Schelling, and Novalis.
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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy are philosophers who teach at the Université de Strasbourg. Cheryl Lester is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Kansas. Philip Barnard is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University.
The Literary Absolute is the first authoritative study of the emergence of the modern concept of literature in German romanticism. The authors trace this concept from the philosophical crisis bequeathed by Kant to his successors, to its development by the central figures of the Athenaeum group: the Schlegel brothers, Schelling, and Novalis.
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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy are philosophers who teach at the Université de Strasbourg. Cheryl Lester is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Kansas. Philip Barnard is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University.
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The Theory of Literature in German Romanticism
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The Theory of Literature in German Romanticism
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State University of New York Press
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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy are philosophers who teach at the Université de Strasbourg. Cheryl Lester is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Kansas. Philip Barnard is Assistant Professor of Literature at American University.
Content
Translators' Introduction: The Presentation of Romantic Literature
Note on the Text
Preface: The Literary Absolute
Chronology
Summary of the Athenaeum
Overture: The System-Subject
1. The Fragment: The Fragmentary Exigency
2. The Idea: Religion within the Limits of Art
Appendix: Note on Heinz Widerporst's Epicurean Confession of Faith
3. The Poem: A Nameless Art
4. Criticism: The Formation of Character
Closure: Romantic Equivocity
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix: Topical Index to the Fragments
Index
