The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism
The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism

Author: Manfred Frank

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0791485803

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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 Hölderlin and other members of the Homburg Circle had upon the development of early German Romantic philosophy.

The Romantic Imperative
The Romantic Imperative

Author: Frederick C. Beiser

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2006-04-28

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0674019806

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This study restores and enhances the philosophical aspect of early German Romanticism, offering an understanding of the movement's origins, development, aims and accomplishments.

The Early Political Writings of the German Romantics
The Early Political Writings of the German Romantics

Author: Frederick C. Beiser

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-03-14

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780521449519

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The Early Political Writings of the German Romantics contains all the essential political writings of Friedrich Schlegel, Schleiermacher and Novalis during the formative period of romantic thought (1797 to 1803). While the political thought of the German romantics has been generally recognised as important, it has been little studied, and most of the texts have been until now unavailable in English. The early romantics had an ambition still relevant to contemporary political thought: how to find a middle path between conservatism and liberalism, between an ethic of community and the freedom of the individual. Frederick C. Beiser's edition comprises all kinds of texts relevant for understanding the political ideas of the early romantic circles in Berlin and Jena - essays, lectures, aphorisms, chapters from books, and jottings from notebooks. All have been translated anew, many for the first time.

Schubert's Lieder and the Philosophy of Early German Romanticism
Schubert's Lieder and the Philosophy of Early German Romanticism

Author: Lisa Feurzeig

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1317059131

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This study of Franz Schubert's settings of poetry by Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis introduces the fascinating world of early German Romanticism in the 1790s, when an energetic group of bold young thinkers radically changed the landscape of European thought. Schubert's encounters with early Romantic poetry some twenty years later reanimated some of the movement's central ideas. Schubert set eleven texts from Schlegel's Abendröte poetic cycle and six poems drawn from Novalis' religious and erotic poetry. Through detailed analyses of how various musical structures in these songs mirror and sometimes even explicate the central ideas of the poems, this book argues that Schubert was an abstract thinker who used his medium of music to diagram the complex ideas of a highly intellectual movement. A comparison is made to the hermeneutic theory of that time, primarily that of Schleiermacher, who was himself linked to the early Romantics. Through exploration of ideas such as Schlegel's representation of the necessary interdependence of part and whole and Novalis' strong association of religious and erotic experience, along with their musical representations by Schubert, this book opens an intriguing world of thought for modern readers. At the same time, Feurzeig explores some of Schubert's little-known songs, which range from quirky to charming to exquisite.

The Cambridge Companion to German Romanticism
The Cambridge Companion to German Romanticism

Author: Nicholas Saul

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-07-09

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0521848911

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Explains the development of Romantic arts and culture in Germany, with both individual artists and key themes covered in detail.

The Romantic Absolute
The Romantic Absolute

Author: Dalia Nassar

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2013-12-24

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 022608423X

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The absolute was one of the most significant philosophical concepts in the early nineteenth century, particularly for the German romantics. Its exact meaning and its role within philosophical romanticism remain, however, a highly contested topic among contemporary scholars. In The Romantic Absolute, Dalia Nassar offers an illuminating new assessment of the romantics and their understanding of the absolute. In doing so, she fills an important gap in the history of philosophy, especially with respect to the crucial period between Kant and Hegel. Scholars today interpret philosophical romanticism along two competing lines: one emphasizes the romantics’ concern with epistemology, the other their concern with metaphysics. Through careful textual analysis and systematic reconstruction of the work of three major romantics—Novalis, Friedrich Schlegel, and Friedrich Schelling—Nassar shows that neither interpretation is fully satisfying. Rather, she argues, one needs to approach the absolute from both perspectives. Rescuing these philosophers from frequent misunderstanding, and even dismissal, she articulates not only a new angle on the philosophical foundations of romanticism but on the meaning and significance of the notion of the absolute itself.

Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Romantic Philosophy
Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Romantic Philosophy

Author: Elizabeth Millán

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0791480097

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This book addresses the philosophical reception of early German Romanticism and offers the first in-depth study in English of the movement's most important philosopher, Friedrich Schlegel, presenting his philosophy against the background of the controversies that shaped its emergence. Elizabeth Millán-Zaibert begins by distinguishing early German Romanticism from classical German Idealism, under which it has all too often been subsumed, and then explores Schlegel's romantic philosophy (and his rejection of first principles) by showing how he responded to three central figures of the post-Kantian period in Germany—Jacobi, Reinhold, and Fichte—as well as to Kant himself. She concludes with a comprehensive critique of the aesthetic and epistemological consequences of Schlegel's thought, with special attention paid to his use of irony.

German Romantic Literary Theory
German Romantic Literary Theory

Author: Ernst Behler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-04-22

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0521325854

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Professor Behler provides a view of the literary work and the artistic process developed in the German Romantic period.

The Palgrave Handbook of German Romantic Philosophy
The Palgrave Handbook of German Romantic Philosophy

Author: Elizabeth Millán Brusslan

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-12-15

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 3030535673

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This Handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the philosophical dimensions of German Romanticism, a movement that challenged traditional borders between philosophy, poetry, and science. With contributions from leading international scholars, the collection places the movement in its historical context by both exploring its links to German Idealism and by examining contemporary, related developments in aesthetics and scientific research. A substantial concluding section of the Handbook examines the enduring legacy of German romantic philosophy. Key Features: • Highlights the contributions of German romantic philosophy to literary criticism, irony, cinema, religion, and biology. • Emphasises the important role that women played in the movement’s formation. • Reveals the ways in which German romantic philosophy impacted developments in modernism, existentialism and critical theory in the twentieth century. • Interdisciplinary in approach with contributions from philosophers, Germanists, historians and literary scholars. Providing both broad perspectives and new insights, this Handbook is essential reading for scholars undertaking new research on German romantic philosophy as well as for advanced students requiring a thorough understanding of the subject.

A Companion to Continental Philosophy
A Companion to Continental Philosophy

Author: Simon Critchley

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1998-06-08

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 0631190139

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Covering the complete development of post-Kantian Continental philosophy, this volume serves as an essential reference work for philosophers and those engaged in the many disciplines that are integrally related to Continental and European Philosophy.