Overview

Cutting-edge scholarly articles on diverse aspects of Goethe and the Goethezeit, featuring in this volume a special section on Goethe and visual culture. The Goethe Yearbook is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America, encouraging North American Goethe scholarship by publishing original English-language contributions to the understanding of Goethe and other authors of the Goethezeit while also welcoming contributions from scholars around the world. Volume 23 features a special section on visual culture with contributions on the visual aesthetics of Goethe's 1815 production ofProserpina (Bersier); on the Farbenlehre (Lande); on Tableaux Vivants in Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften (Solanki); on the relationship between Goethe and C. G. Carus and their respective views on the representation of nature in art and science (Allert); and on visual and verbal bricolage in Clemens Brentano's Gockel, Hinkel und Gackeleia (MacLeod). There are also articles on Goethe and ancient mystery religions (Amrine); on Goethe's fairy-tale aesthetics (Brown); on the concept of neutrality (Holland); on the concept of the mathematical infinite (Smith); on virginity and maternity in Werther (Nossett); on the Classical aesthetics of Schlegel'sLucinde (ter Horst); and on motherless creations in Faust (Nielsen). Contributors: Beate Allert, Frederick Amrine, Gabrielle Bersier, Jane K. Brown, Jocelyn Holland, Joel B. Lande, Catriona MacLeod, WendyC. Nielsen, Lauren Nossett, John H. Smith, Tanvi Solanki, Eleanor ter Horst. Adrian Daub is Associate Professor of German at Stanford. Elisabeth Krimmer is Professor of German at the University of California Davis. Bookreview editor Birgit Tautz is Associate Professor of German at Bowdoin College.

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Author:   Adrian Daub (Contributor) ,  Elisabeth Krimmer (Series Editor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   Camden House Inc
Volume:   v. 23
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.628kg
ISBN:  

9781571139573

ISBN 10:   1571139575
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   15 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Building Bridges: Goethe's Fairy-Tale Aesthetics Goethe as Mystagogue Observing Neutrality, circa 1800 Goethe, Faust, and Motherless Creations Impossible Ideals: Reconciling Virginity and Maternity in Goethe's Werther Kant, Calculus, Consciousness, and the Mathematical Infinite in Us The Classical Aesthetics of Schlegel's Lucinde Acquaintance with Color: Prolegomena to a Study of Goethe's Zur Farbenlehre ""Hamiltonian-Hendelian"" Mimoplastics and Tableau of the Underworld: The Visual Aesthetics of Goethe's 1815 Proserpina Production J. W. Goethe and C. G. Carus: On the Representation of Nature in Science and Art Brentano's Remains: Visual and Verbal Bricolage in Gockel, Hinkel und Gackeleia (1838) A Book of Living Paintings: Tableaux Vivants in Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften (1809) Book Reviews"

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ELISABETH KRIMMER is Professor of German at the University of California, Davis.

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