TY  - GEN
T1  - Heights of reflection : mountains in the German imagination from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century
T2  - Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
A2  - Ireton, Sean Moore
A2  - Schaumann, Caroline
LA  - English
PP  - Rochester, New York
PB  - Camden House
YR  - 2012
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn802051271
AB  - Mountains have always stirred the human imagination, playing a crucial role in the cultural evolution of peoples around the globe and becoming infused with meaning in the process. Beyond their geographical-geological significance, mountains affect the topography of the mind, whether as objects of peril or attraction, of spiritual enlightenment or existential fulfilment, of philosophical contemplation or aesthetic inspiration. This volume challenges the oversimplified assumption that human interaction with mountains is a distinctly modern development, one that began with the empowerment of the individual in the wake of Enlightenment rationalism and Romantic subjectivity. These essays by European and North American scholars examine the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, with a focus on the interaction between humans and the alpine environment. The contributors consider mountains not as mere symbolic tropes or literary metaphors, but as constituting a tangible reality that informs the experiences and ideas of writers, naturalists, philosophers, filmmakers, and composers. Overall, this volume seeks to provide multiple answers to questions regarding the cultural significance of mountains as well as the physical practice of climbing them. Contributors: Peter Arnds, Olaf Berwald, Albrecht Classen, Roger Cook, Scott Denham, Sean Franzel, Christof Hamann, Harald Höbusch, Dan Hooley, Peter Höyng, Sean Ireton, Oliver Lubrich, Anthony Ozturk, Caroline Schaumann, Heather I. Sullivan, Johannes Türk, Sabine Wilke, Wilfried Wilms. Sean Ireton is Associate Professor of German at the University of Missouri. Caroline Schaumann is Associate Professor of German Studies at Emory University.
OP  - 395
CN  - PT139 .H45 2012eb
SN  - 9781571138262
SN  - 1571138269
SN  - 9781281016799
SN  - 1281016799
SN  - 9781571135025
SN  - 1571135022
KW  - German literature : History and criticism.
KW  - Philosophy of nature : Germany : History.
KW  - Mountains in literature.
KW  - Mountains in motion pictures.
KW  - Literature and society : Germany.
KW  - Littérature allemande : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Philosophie de la nature : Allemagne : Histoire.
KW  - Montagnes dans la littérature.
KW  - Montagnes au cinéma.
KW  - Littérature et société : Allemagne.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : German.
KW  - LITERARY COLLECTIONS : European : German.
KW  - German literature
KW  - Literature and society
KW  - Mountains in literature
KW  - Mountains in motion pictures
KW  - Philosophy of nature
KW  - Germany
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Literary criticism
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
KW  - Literary criticism.
KW  - Critiques littéraires.
ER  -