The significance of Goethe's aphorisms, verse maxims, and late philosophical poetry, it is argued, does not lie, as others have maintained, in any conceptual originality on his part, but rather in his aesthetic transmutation of commonplace thought. In his Maximen und Reflexionen and Spruchdichtung Goethe employed a novel mode of discourse that is neither poetry nor discursive prose - a mode of discourse which, because of its peculiar status, helps pin-point the border, so much contested in current literary theory, between ...
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The significance of Goethe's aphorisms, verse maxims, and late philosophical poetry, it is argued, does not lie, as others have maintained, in any conceptual originality on his part, but rather in his aesthetic transmutation of commonplace thought. In his Maximen und Reflexionen and Spruchdichtung Goethe employed a novel mode of discourse that is neither poetry nor discursive prose - a mode of discourse which, because of its peculiar status, helps pin-point the border, so much contested in current literary theory, between aesthetic and non-aesthetic writing. His achievement is analysed against the background of the theory and practice of wisdom literature in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, viewed from the wider perspective of the contemporary debate on epistemological issues.
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Add this copy of British and Irish Studies in German Language and to cart. $49.60, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1983 by Peter Lang.
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1983, Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers
Publisher:
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers
Published:
1983
Language:
English
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18316840981
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Volume 6. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 326105025X.
