The disciplines of interpretation : Lessing, Herder, Schlegel and hermeneutics in Germany, 1750-1800 / Robert S. Leventhal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leventhal, Robert Scott.

Series:

European Cultures

European cultures ; v. 5

European Cultures : Studies in Literature and the Arts ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781--Criticism and interpretation.

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim.

Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803--Criticism and interpretation.

Herder, Johann Gottfried.

Schlegel, Friedrich von, 1772-1829--Criticism and interpretation.

Schlegel, Friedrich von.

Criticism--Germany--History--18th century.

Criticism.

Semiotics and literature.

Discourse analysis, Literary.

Philology--History--18th century.

Philology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Disciplines of Interpretation: Lessing, Herder, Schlegel and Hermeneutics in Germany, 1750-1800 (European Cultures : Studies in Literature and a)

Contents:

Front matter

Chapter 1: Writing the Emergence of Hermeneutics

Chapter 2: Semiotic Interpretation

Chapter 3: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: The Critical Breakthrough

Chapter 4: The Parable as Performance: Interpretation, Cultural Transmission, and Political Strategy in Lessing's "Nathan der Weise"

Chapter 5: Towards a Textual Hermeneutic in the Writing of Johann Gottfried Herder

Chapter 6: Discourse-Analytical Remarks on Herder's Concept of Science

Excursion: Nine Theses on Johann Gottfried Herder

Chapter 7: The Emergence of Philological Discourse in the German States 1770-1810

Chapter 8: Friedrich Schlegel's Hermeneutic Philology and the Eclipse of Aesthetic Culture

Conclusion: On Incomprehensibility

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-344) and index.

ISBN:

9783110880205

3110880202

OCLC:

843635482