Heinrich von Kleist - Literary and Philosophical Paradigms (Hardcover)

Volume of new essays investigating Kleist's influences and sources both literary and philosophical, their role as paradigms, and the ways in which he responded to and often shattered them. Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) was a rebel who upset canonization by employing his predecessors and contemporaries as what Steven Howe calls "inspirational foils." It was precisely a keen awareness of literary and philosophical traditions that allowed Kleist to shatter prevailing paradigms. Though little is known about what specifically Kleist read, the frequent allusions in his enduringly modern oeuvre indicate fruitful dialogues with both canonical and marginal works of European literature, spanning antiquity (The Old Testament, Sophocles), the Early Modern Period (Shakespeare, De Zayas), the late Enlightenment (Wieland, Goethe, Schiller), and the first eleven years of the nineteenth century (Mereau, Brentano, Collin). Kleist's works also evidence encounters with his philosophical precursors and contemporaries, including the ancient Greeks (Aristotle) and representatives of all phases of Enlightenment thought (Montesquieu, Rousseau, Ferguson, Spalding, Fichte, Kant, Hegel), economic theories (Smith, Kraus), and developments in anthropology, sociology, and law. This volume of new essays sheds light on Kleist's relationship to his literary and philosophical influences and on their function as paradigms to which his writings respond.

General

Imprint:	Camden House
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Release date:	April 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Jeffrey L High (Customer) • Rebecca Stewart • Elaine Chen
Contributors:	Paul Michael Lutzeler (Contributor) • Gail K. Hart (Contributor) • Steven Howe • Lisa Beesley • John A. McCarthy (Contributor) • John T. Hamilton (Contributor) • Laura Anna Macor
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	372
ISBN-13:	978-1-64014-096-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	1-64014-096-4
Barcode:	9781640140967

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