Goethe's naturalistic anthropology : man and other plants /

Showing how Goethe protrayed human beings as part of natural continuum, very much in the spirit of the Enlightenment, this book demonstrates that 18th-century anthropological thought provides an essential, hitherto overlooked context for the understanding of Goethe's literary enterprise.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell, Matthew, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1994.
Series:Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Showing how Goethe protrayed human beings as part of natural continuum, very much in the spirit of the Enlightenment, this book demonstrates that 18th-century anthropological thought provides an essential, hitherto overlooked context for the understanding of Goethe's literary enterprise.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 346 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-342) and index.
ISBN:9780198158943
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