Situated at the intersection of literature and science, Holland's study draws upon a diverse corpus of literary and scientific texts which testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings which range from Goethe's writing on metamorphosis to Novalis's aphorisms and novels and Ritter's Fragments from the Estate of a Young Physicist, Holland proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation. Rather than subscribing to a single biological theory (such as epigenesis or preformation), these authors take their inspiration from a wide inventory of procreative motifs and imagery.…mehr
Situated at the intersection of literature and science, Holland's study draws upon a diverse corpus of literary and scientific texts which testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings which range from Goethe's writing on metamorphosis to Novalis's aphorisms and novels and Ritter's Fragments from the Estate of a Young Physicist, Holland proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation. Rather than subscribing to a single biological theory (such as epigenesis or preformation), these authors take their inspiration from a wide inventory of procreative motifs and imagery.
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
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
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