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German Romanticism And Science: The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter (Routledge Studies in Romanticism) - Softcover

Book 9 of 36: Routledge Studies in Romanticism

Holland, Jocelyn

 
9780415654968: German Romanticism And Science: The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter (Routledge Studies in Romanticism)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415654963 ISBN 13: 9780415654968
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Situated at the intersection of literature and science, Holland's study draws upon a diverse corpus of literary and scientific texts which testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings which range from Goethe’s writing on metamorphosis to Novalis’s aphorisms and novels and Ritter’s Fragments from the Estate of a Young Physicist, Holland proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation. Rather than subscribing to a single biological theory (such as epigenesis or preformation), these authors take their inspiration from a wide inventory of procreative motifs and imagery.

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About the Author

Jocelyn Holland is Assistant Professor, Department of German and the Program for Comparative Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415654963
ISBN 13 
9780415654968
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
232