German Romanticism and Science : The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Routledge Studies in Romanticism
ISBN-10
0415654963
ISBN-13
9780415654968
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 27th, 2012
Print length
222 Pages
Weight
430 grams
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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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.
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.
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