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Goethe's concept of the daemonic : after the ancients

Title
Goethe's concept of the daemonic : after the ancients / Angus Nicholls.
Author
Nicholls, Angus (Angus James), 1972-
Publication
Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2006.

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xii, 313 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Uniform Title
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Subject
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 > Philosophy
  • German literature > 18th century > Classical influences
  • German literature > 19th century > Classical influences
  • Genius in literature
  • Subjectivity in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-290) and index.
Contents
The ancients and their daemons -- The daemonic in the philosophy of the Sturm und Drang: Hamann and Herder -- Romanticism and unlimited subjectivity: "Mahomets Gesang" -- Werther: the pathology of an aesthetic idea -- Kantian science and the limits of subjectivity -- Schelling, Naturphilosophie, and "Mächtiges überraschen" -- After the ancients: Dichtung und Wahrheit and "Urworte. Orphisch" -- Eckermann, or the daemonic and the political -- Epilogue: Socrates and the cicadas.
Call Number
JFE 06-3815
ISBN
1571133070 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005033571
  • 9781571133076
OCLC
62322436
Author
Nicholls, Angus (Angus James), 1972-
Title
Goethe's concept of the daemonic : after the ancients / Angus Nicholls.
Imprint
Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2006.
Series
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-290) and index.
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9781571133076
Research Call Number
JFE 06-3815
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