Jocelyn Holland

German Romanticism and Science

The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Situated at the intersection of literature and science, Holland's study draws upon a diverse corpus of literary and scientific texts that testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings from Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter, Holland proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780415993265
• ISBN-10: 0415993261
• Artikelnr.: 23605458

Autorenporträt

Jocelyn Holland is Assistant Professor, Department of German and the Program for Comparative Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction, Jocelyn Holland
Chapter 2 Poetic Procreation and Goethe's Theory of Metamorphosis, Jocelyn Holland
Chapter 3 Friedrich von Hardenberg and the Discourse of Procreation, Jocelyn Holland
Chapter 4 The Poet as Artisan and the Instruments of Procreation, Jocelyn Holland
Chapter 5 Johann Wilhelm Ritter and the Writing of Life, Jocelyn Holland
Chapter 6 Procreative Thinking-Scientific Projects, Jocelyn Holland
Conclusion, Jocelyn Holland