Format:
Online-Ressource (240 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
1571136649
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9781571136640
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Content:
Friedrich Schiller is not only one of the leading poets and dramatists of German Classicism but also an inspiring philosopher. His essay 'über Anmut und Würde' (On Grace and Dignity) marks a radical break with Enlightenment thinking and its morally prescriptive agenda. Here Schiller does not pursue the prevalent interest in the individual artist as genius or in the creative act; instead, he establishes a harmony of mind and body in the aesthetic realm, putting down his thoughts on aesthetics in a systematic way for the first time, building on his own earlier forays into the field and on an intensive study of Kant. The popular essay form allowed Schiller to combine condensed thought with clear and rhetorically effective presentation, but his innovation here is his insistence on a freedom for art that affirms the moral freedom of reason, reuniting the human faculties radically separated by Enlightenment thought. Schiller sees aesthetic autonomy as the way forward for civilization. This is the first English scholarly edition of this pivotal essay, accompanied by the first comprehensive commentary on it. The essays focus on various facets of Schiller's essay and its socio-historical and philosophical context. Schiller's analysis is examined in the light of the thematic context of his plays as well as its surviving influence into the twentieth century. Contributors: Jane Curran, Christophe Fricker, David Pugh, Fritz Heuer, Alan Menhennet. Jane V. Curran is Professor of German at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Christophe Fricker is a D. Phil. candidate at St. John's College, Oxford
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Schiller's essay "Über Anmut und Würde" as rhetorical philosophy
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Sensuous-objective: beauty in the realm of human freedom : on the language of concepts in Schiller's essay "On grace and dignity"
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From romantic dream to idyllic tragedy : idealism and realism in Schiller's dramas, before and after Kant
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The poet as herald of the appearance of grace and dignity: the influence of Schiller's twin concepts on Stefan George
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"On grace and dignity"
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"Ueber Anmuth und Würde"
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1571133054
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781571133052
Additional Edition:
Print version Schiller's "On Grace and Dignity" in its cultural context Rochester, NY [u.a.] : Camden House, 2005 ISBN 1571133054
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Schiller, Friedrich 1759-1805 Über Anmut und Würde
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Schiller, Friedrich 1759-1805 Über Anmut und Würde
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Curran, Jane Veronica 1953-
Author information:
Fricker, Christophe 1978-
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