Aesthetics of Fear in German Romanticism
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"What is interesting about Mayer's approach is that, rather than applying twentieth or twenty-first-century concepts to early nineteenth-century works, she looks at how terms related to fear, such as "Schauer," were used in the Romantic era, in prose fiction, philosophy, and literary and music criticism. This careful examination of Romantic philosophical language and concepts, prose fiction, and critical writings allows her to argue convincingly for the centrality of the concept of fear to Romantic aesthetics and creative expression. Aficionados of German literature, of philosophy, and of Romanticism, will find erudition and enjoyment in Paola Mayer's The Aesthetics of Fear in German Romanticism." European Romantic Review
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Enlightenment - both the phenomenon specific to the eighteenth century and the continuing trend in Western thought - is an attempt to dispel ignorance, achieve mastery of a potentially hostile environment, and contain fear of the unknown by promoting science and rationality. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 456
- ISBN
- 9780773558892
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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"What is interesting about Mayer's approach is that, rather than applying twentieth or twenty-first-century concepts to early nineteenth-century works, she looks at how terms related to fear, such as "Schauer," were used in the Romantic era, in prose fiction, philosophy, and literary and music criticism. This careful examination of Romantic philosophical language and concepts, prose fiction, and critical writings allows her to argue convincingly for the centrality of the concept of fear to Romantic aesthetics and creative expression. Aficionados of German literature, of philosophy, and of Romanticism, will find erudition and enjoyment in Paola Mayer's The Aesthetics of Fear in German Romanticism." European Romantic Review
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"An overview here of Mayer's conclusions cannot do justice to her rigorous analyses and attention to nuance and contradiction. She does not shy away from complicating aesthetic history at the same time that she manages to resolve its paradoxes. Given such intricacy she takes pains at every juncture to label and number her insights, making The Aesthetics of Fear orderly and unfussy despite its length and intricacy." The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory
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"Mayer's attention to music and its treatment in theoretical texts frame discussions of tales, and the inclusion of stories such as Tieck's Der getreue Eckart oder der Tannenhäuser and Hoffmann's Der Kampf der Sänger is a particularly strong feature of her study. The Aesthetics of Fear in German Romanticism is a pleasure to read." Dennis F. Mahoney, University of Vermont
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