Romanticism, Hellenism, and the Philosophy of Nature

This book investigates intersections between the philosophy of nature and Hellenism in British and German Romanticism, focusing primarily on five central literary/philosophical figures: Friedrich Schelling, Friedrich Hölderlin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron. Near the end...

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Main Author: Davis, William S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Literature, Modern-18th century.
Intellectual life-History.
Literature-History and criticism.
ISBN:9783319912929
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Romantic Hellenism, the Philosophy of Nature, and Subjective Anxiety
  • 2. Intellectual Intuition: With Hölderlin, "Lost in the Wide Blue"
  • 3. The Philosophy of Nature: Goethe, Schelling, and the World Soul
  • 4. Aesthetic/Erotic Intuition: Hölderlin, Shelley, and the Islands of the Archipelago
  • 5. Coda: with Byron on Acrocorinth.

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