Constructing Reality: A Rhetorical Analysis of Friedrich Schiller's "Letters on "the Aesthetic Education of Man (New York University Ottendorfer Series) - Softcover

Kontje, Todd Curtis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820405477 ISBN 13: 9780820405476

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1987

Synopsis

This study analyses the way in which Schiller sought to connect history with aesthetics in his Aesthetic Education. Rhetoric is seen as a key concept which allows for the combination of formal and sociological interpretation of Schiller's text. A close analysis of Schiller's argument stresses both the positive nature of his ideal, and the problematic results of his imperfect attempt to integrate this ideal with reality. The structural breaks in Schiller's argument are then related to the social context in which the theory was formulated.

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Review

«Das Buch ist lesbar geschrieben und zeichnet sich durch plausible und eingängige Argumentationsstrukturen aus.» (Bernd Fischer, The German Quarterly)
«In five brief but clearly argued chapters he achieves his objective which is to show that the 'Aesthetic Education' is conceived as being more than expository prose...» (Robert C. Reimer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Monatshefte)

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820405477
• ISBN 13: 9780820405476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162