1st Edition

The Romantic Tradition in Germany An Anthology with Critical Essays and Commentaries

By Ronald Taylor Copyright 1970
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1970, this book surveys the central philosophical and aesthetic doctrines which characterize German Romanticism. A selection of literary, philosophical and political essays by some of the most important German Romantic thinkers illustrates the principal themes: these range from philosophical idealism and aesthetic subjectivism to folklore and emergent German nationalism,... Read more

1. Herder: Von Ähnlichkeit der mittlern englischen und deutschen Dichtkunst. Über ein morgenländisches Drama 2. Wackenroder: Phantasien über die Kunst für Freunde der Kunst 3. Fichte Über den Grund unseres Glaubens an eine göttliche Weltregierung 4. Novalis Die Christenheit oder Europa 5. Friedrich Schlegel Rede über die Mythologie. Brief über den Roman 6. Schopenhauer Zur Idealistischen Grundansicht 7. Richard Wagner Kunst und Revolution

Biography

Ronald Taylor was Professor of German at the University of Sussex.