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The emergence of the fantastic tale in the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries reflects a growing fascination with the
supernatural, the marvelous, and the occult as the site for
literary innovation. Taking Jacques Cazotte's prototypical "The
Devil in Love" as a starting point, this book examines the genre's
early development in the fantastic tales of the German romantics
Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; the
subsequent French rediscovery of the genre in works by Theophile
Gautier and Prosper Merimee; and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to
the new literary form.
The emergence of the fantastic tale in the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries reflects a growing fascination with the
supernatural, the marvelous, and the occult as the site for
literary innovation. Taking Jacques Cazotte's prototypical "The
Devil in Love" as a starting point, this book examines the genre's
early development in the fantastic tales of the German romantics
Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; the
subsequent French rediscovery of the genre in works by Theophile
Gautier and Prosper Merimee; and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to
the new literary form.
The revolutionary spirit that animates the culture of the Germans has been alive for at least twelve centuries, far longer than the dramatically fragmented and reshaped political entity known as Germany. German culture has been central to Europe, and it has contributed the transforming spirit of Lutheran religion, the technology of printing as a medium of democracy, the soulfulness of Romantic philosophy, the structure of higher education, and the tradition of liberal socialism to the essential character of modern American life. In this book leading scholars and critics capture the spirit of this culture in some 200 original essays on events in German literary history. Rather than offering a single continuous narrative, the entries focus on a particular literary work, an event in the life of an author, a historical moment, a piece of music, a technological invention, even a theatrical or cinematic premiere. Together they give the reader a surprisingly unified sense of what it is that has allowed Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, Luther, Kant, Goethe, Beethoven, Benjamin, Wittgenstein, Jelinek, and Sebald to provoke and enchant their readers. From the earliest magical charms and mythical sagas to the brilliance and desolation of 20th-century fiction, poetry, and film, this illuminating reference book invites readers to experience the full range of German literary culture and to investigate for themselves its disparate and unifying themes. Contributors include: Amy M. Hollywood on medieval women mystics, Jan-Dirk Muller on Gutenberg, Marion Aptroot on the Yiddish Renaissance, Emery Snyder on the Baroque novel, J. B. Schneewind on Natural Law, Maria Tatar on the Grimmbrothers, Arthur Danto on Hegel, Reinhold Brinkmann on Schubert, Anthony Grafton on Burckhardt, Stanley Corngold on Freud, Andreas Huyssen on Rilke, Greil Marcus on Dada, Eric Rentschler on Nazi cinema, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl on Hannah Arendt, Gordon A. Craig on Gunter Grass, Edward Dimendberg on Holocaust memorials.
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