Heinrich von Kleist and Jean-Jacques Rousseau : violence, identity, nation /

By reconsidering Kleist's reception of Rousseau and placing it in historical context, this book sheds new light on a range of political and ethical issues at play in Kleist's work.Heinrich von Kleist is renowned as an author who posed a radical challenge to the orthodoxies of his age. Toda...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Howe, Steven, 1983-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2012.
Series:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1x73mf
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Interpreting Kleist's paradoxes
  • Kleist, Rousseau, and the paradoxes of enlightenment
  • Das Erdbeben in Chili
  • Die Verlobung in St. Domingo
  • Die Herrmannsschlacht
  • Prinz Friedrich von Homburg.