Romanticism, Hellenism, and the Philosophy of Nature
This book investigates intersections between the philosophy of nature and Hellenism in British and German Romanticism, focusing primarily on five central literary/philosophical figures: Friedrich Schelling, Friedrich Hölderlin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
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Romanticism, Hellenism, and the Philosophy of Nature
William S. Davis
Romanticism, Hellenism, and the Philosophy of Nature
William S. Davis Program in Comparative Literature Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-91291-2 ISBN 978-3-319-91292-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91292-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018942750 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: “Old Corinth.” Painted by John Fulleylove. Courtesy of Niday Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo Cover design: Fatima Jamadar Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Preface
This book is a work of comparative literature. It investigates connections between philosophy and literature in the Romantic era, or what is called the Age of Goethe within German studies. More specifically it is interested in intersections between the absolute idealism of Schelling and Hölderlin— their response to Fichte’s response to Kant—and metaphors of dynamic creativity and oneness that arise in both literary and philosophical texts in the years around 1800. It is also a study of some aspects of the broader movement of Hellenism that was so powerfully in evidence in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The idealization of “Greece” and the conception of nature that arose from absolute idealism, most clearly evidenced by Schelling’s Naturphilosophie (philosophy of nature), work strategically together in an attempt to carve out a space for nature, beauty, and eros within the idealist system, or in response to
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