Heidegger and the Romantics: The Literary Invention of Meaning (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy)

By: Pol Vandevelde

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Synopsis: While there are many books on the romantics, and many books on Heidegger, there has been no book exploring the connection between the two. Pol Vandevelde’s new study forges this important link. Vandevelde begins by analyzing two models that have addressed the interaction between literature and philosophy: early German romanticism (especially Schlegel and Novalis), and Heidegger’s work with poetry in the 1930s. Both models offer an alternative to the paradigm of mimesis, as exemplified by Aristotle’s and Plato’s discussion of poetry, and both German romanticism and Heidegger owe a deep debt to Plato. The study goes on to defend the view that Heidegger was influenced by romanticism. The author’s project is thus both historical, showing the specificity of the romantic and Heideggerean works, and systematic, defending aspects of their alternative mode of thinking while also pointing to their weaknesses.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 202 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781136466632
Related ISBNs:: 9780415886352, 9780203128084, 9780415727976
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/12/22
Copyrighted By:: Routledge
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
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