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Beyond Theory: Eighteenth-Century German Literature and the Poetics of Irony Hardcover – January 1, 1993
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Applying the insights of twentieth-century theory and philosophy, Bennett offers close readings of Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, Holderlin's "An die Parzen," and Lessing's Laokoon, and he explores in detail the significance of Jewry in German dramatic discourse. The experiential German writing of the eighteenth century, he demonstrates, was grounded deeply and productively in irony, not subject to dissipation in mere ironic play. Bennett perceives that many of the questions posed by eighteenth-century discourse - such as the difference between thought and language, the nature of the social, or the origin of the individual in the communal - remain current for us today.
Beyond Theory is sure to provoke thought and stimulate debate among Germanists, comparatists, literary theorists, and others interested in the cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe.
- Print length354 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherNCROL
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1993
- Dimensions6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-100801428416
- ISBN-13978-0801428418
- Lexile measure1540L
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- Publisher : NCROL; 1st edition (January 1, 1993)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 354 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0801428416
- ISBN-13 : 978-0801428418
- Lexile measure : 1540L
- Item Weight : 1.64 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
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