Representation and Its Discontents : The Critical Legacy of German Romanticism / Azade Seyhan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seyhan, Azade, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--18th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

German literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Romanticism--Germany.

Romanticism.

Criticism--Germany--History.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1992]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Azade Seyhan provides a concise, elegantly argued introduction to the critical theory of German Romanticism and demonstrates how its approach to the metaphorical and linguistic nature of knowledge is very much alive in contemporary philosophy and literary theory. Her analysis of key thinkers such as Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis explores their views on rhetoric, systematicity, hermeneutics, and cultural interpretation. Seyhan examines German Romanticism as a critical intervention in the debates on representation, which developed in response to the philosophical revolution of German Idealism. Facing a chaotic political and intellectual landscape, the eighteenth-century theorists sought new models of understanding and new objectives for criticism and philosophy. Representation and Its Discontents identifies the legacy of this formative moment in modern criticism and suggests its relevance to contemporary discussions of post-structuralism, orientalism, theories of textuality, and the nature of philosophical discourse.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

I. Introduction: Representation and Its Discontents

2. From Transcendental Philosophy to Transcendental Poetry

3. Representation and History

4. Representation and Criticism

5. The Site of Instruction: Literary Tales

6. The Critical Legacy of German Romanticism

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780585236605

0585236607

9780520912083

052091208X

OCLC:

1149525924