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Passions of the sign : revolution and language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist /

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Main Author: Gailus, Andreas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2006]
Series:Parallax (Baltimore, Md.)
Subjects:
Subjectivity in literature.
Subjectivity > History > 19th century.
German language > Rhetoric > History.
Semiotics > Germany > History.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > 1749-1832. > Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten.
Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804 > Criticism and interpretation.
Kleist, Heinrich von, > 1777-1811. > Michael Kohlhaas.
France > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Literature and the revolution.
France > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Influence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Energetic signs: autonomy and novelty in the age of revolution
  • Revealing freedom: crisis and enthusiasm in Kant's philosophy of history
  • Poetics of containment: Goethe's Conversations of German refugees and the crisis of communication
  • Border narratives: Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas
  • Conclusion: The big either.