On the Literature and Thought of the German Classical Era : Collected Essays / H. B. Nisbet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nisbet, H. B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

German literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 332 pages)

Other Title:

On the Literature and Thought of the German Classical Era

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

This elegant collection of essays ranges across eighteenth and nineteenth-century thought, covering philosophy, science, literature and religion in the 'Age of Goethe.' A recognised authority in the field, Nisbet grapples with the major voices of the Enlightenment and gives pride of place to the figures of Lessing, Herder, Goethe and Schiller.

Contents:

Foreword

Lessing and the German Contribution 35

The Rationalisation of the Holy Trinity from Lessing to Hegel 81

Die Matrone von Ephesus 109

Herders The Oldest Document of the Human Race and his Philosophy of Religion and History 145

The Ethical Foundation of Goethes Scientific Thought 163

A Reappraisal 215

The Reception of the Group since Winckelmann 241

List of Illustrations 291

Index 321

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers, viewed May 13, 2023).