The Tyranny of Greece Over Germany: A Study of the Influence Exercised by Greek Art and Poetry Over the Great German Writers of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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Originally published in 1935, this book provides a study of the powerful influence exercised by Ancient Greek culture on German writers from the eighteenth century onwards. The text takes as its starting point Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–68), who was of fundamental importance to the introduction of Hellenistic ideas within the German intellectual tradition. This is followed by a chronological discussion of other key figures, such as Goethe, Schiller and Heine, revealing the complicated relationship between these ideas and the expression of an explicitly Germanic identity. A detailed index and bibliography are also included, together with illustrative figures. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in German literature, Ancient Greece and literary criticism. CHAPTER I GENERAL SURVEY 1 CHAPTER II Tue DiscovERER: WINCKELMANN (1717-1768) 9 1. A Latter-day Greek 11 2. Rome 18 3. Eros 28 4. Destiny 34 5. The Myth of Laocoon 43 CHAPTER Ill THE INTERPRETERS: LEssinG (1729-1781) AND HERDER (1744~-1803) 49 1. Lessing into the Lists 51 2. Laocoon again 56 3. Herder echoes ‘Laocoon’ 71 4. The Invasion 80 CHAPTER IV THE CREATOR: GOETHE (1749-1832) 83 1. Prometheus 85 2. Iphigenia 93 3. Italy 105 4. Winckelmann’s Rome 116 5. The Homerid 121 6. Helena 135 7. The Daimon 146 CHAPTER V THE ANTAGONIST: SCHILLER (1759-1805) 155 A Colossus manqué > 157 The Drama of Youth 159 ON The Gods of Greece 164 Avaunt! 173 AF Fate 188 CHAPTER VI THe Martyr: HOLDERLIN (1770-1843) 201 1. Icarus 203 © tO om Hoh Obsession 207 Diotima 217 The pale Galilean 225 Scardanelli 234 CHAPTER VII THE REBEL: HEINE (1797-1856) 241 Lucifer 243 AreNS = The Gods as Ghosts 250 The Gods as Devils 264 The Gods in Exile 289 Evoe, Bacche! 299 CHAPTER VIII THe AFTERMATH 301 1. Winckelmann redivivus: MHeinrich Schlie- mann (1822-1890) 303 The Dionysiac: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844—1900) 307 The Mythologist: Carl Spitteler (1845-1924) 316 PB we The Mystagogue: Stefan George (1868-1933) 322 Conclusion 332
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