Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and philosophy /

"Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre served as a touchstone for major philosophical and literary figures of his age (including, among many others, Schiller, Fichte, Hegel, Schlegel, Schleiermacher and Novalis). But it has received far less attention in both disciplines (especially in Engli...

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Other Authors: Eldridge, Sarah Vandegrift (Editor), Speight, Allen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre served as a touchstone for major philosophical and literary figures of his age (including, among many others, Schiller, Fichte, Hegel, Schlegel, Schleiermacher and Novalis). But it has received far less attention in both disciplines (especially in English-language scholarship) than either Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther or Elective Affinities. This volume takes up the question of what Goethe's long and rather complicated novel is doing and how it engages with problems and themes of human life more generally, including issues of individuality, development, and authority; aesthetic formation and narrative (and human) contingency; gender, sexuality, and marriage; about power, institutions, and control"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 276 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190859299
0190859296
9780190859282
0190859288