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The Literary Absolute: The Theory of Literature in German Romanticism

By Jean-Luc Nancy , Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
1988
ISBN
0887066615, 9780887066610
LCC
PT363.P6 L3 1988
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
223 kB (227902 bytes)
Series
Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory
Pages
169\0
Topic
Literature Literary
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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. This study situates the Jena’ "fragmentary" model of literature—a model of literature as the production of its own theory—in relation to the development of a post-Kantian conception of philosophy as the total and reflective auto-production of the thinking subject. Analyzing key texts of the period, the authors articulate the characteristics of romantic thought and at the same time show historical and systematic connections with modern literary theory. Thus, The Literary Absolute renews contemporary scholarship, showing the romantic origins of some of the leading issues in current critical theory.

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