German Romanticism and Science: The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter

ISBN-13: 9780415993265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 232 str.

Holland Jocelyn

Opis

Presents a study that draws upon a corpus of literary and scientific texts that testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings from Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter, this title proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation.

Recenzje

"Holland’s insightful and compelling account brings alive some important debates in Romantic science, illuminating a fascinating chapter in the history of vitalism and materialism alike." – Paul Bishop, University of Glasgow, UK, Modern Language Review

Spis treści

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Poetic Procreation and Goethe’s Theory of Metamorphosis

Chapter Three: Friedrich von Hardenberg and the Discourse of Procreation

Chapter Four: The Poet as Artisan and the Instruments of Procreation

Chapter Five: Johann Wilhelm Ritter and the Writing of Life

Chapter Six: Procreative Thinking - Scientific Projects

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Jocelyn Holland is Assistant Professor, Department of German and the Program for Comparative Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara.