The Spirit of Poesy: Essays on Jewish and German Literature and Thought in Honor of Géza Von Molnar

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Richard A. Block, Peter David Fenves
Northwestern University Press, 2000 - History - 251 pages
A testament to the "spirit of poesy" that informs the life and work of Geza von Molnar, this volume of essays comes together around his principal preoccupations: the philosophical foundations of Goethe's writings, the structure and reception of German romanticism, the ethics of reading, and the fate of European Jewry. At the center of this work is the idea of a genuinely free humanity -- from its ambiguous presence in the aesthetic projects of Goethe and German romanticism to its utter absence in the Nazi extermination camps. Combining works in philosophy, literature, and Jewish studies by established and younger scholars, this collection contributes significantly to an understanding of German culture.

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The Subjects Aesthetic Foundation on Kant
27
Hegel and Schiller at the
47
Romantic Theories of Creativity and Gender
74
Günderrode Mines Novalis
89
Madame de Staël and Goethe
131
Germaine de Staël and the Internationalization
150
Gérard de Nerval
167
Perspectives of Wilhelm Meisters Travels and Nietzsches
176
Hybrids and the Anxiety
193
Reading between Freud
208
Metaethics
226
NonJewish Germans in the Service of PresentDay
233
A Bibliography of Writings
247
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