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Author Minter, Catherine J

Title The mind-body problem in German literature, 1770-1830 : Wezel, Moritz, and Jean Paul / Catherine J. Minter
Published Oxford : Clarendon, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 182 pages)
Series Oxford modern languages and literature monographs
Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
Contents 1. Johann Karl Wezel (1747-1819). i. Creatures of Prometheus: Tobias Knaut and Belphegor. ii. Towards a synthesis of energy with form: Wezel's aesthetic programme. iii. Passion's serpentine trails: Herrmann and Ulrike. iv. Vitalism and holism: Wezel's Versuch uber die Kenntnis des Menschen -- 2. Karl Philipp Moritz (1756-93). i. Moritz and Enlightenment anthropology: the Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde. ii. Chained to the plough: the mind-body problem in Anton Reiser. iii. Animations: Andreas Hartknopf. iv. Imitation and palingenesis: Uber die bildende Nachahmung des Schonen -- 3. Jean Paul (1763-1825). i. Jean Paul's early philosophical anthropology and prose fiction. ii. Shattered idyll, unholy jest: dualism in Siebenkas
Summary With reference to the treatment of mind-body problems in the writing of Johann Karl Wezel, Karl Philipp Moritz and Jean Paul this study follows the development of, and demonstrates the continuity in, the history of ideas in Germany between the late Enlightenment and Romanticism periods
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Wezel, Johann Karl, 1747-1819 -- Criticism and interpretation
Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1756-1793 -- Criticism and interpretation
Jean Paul, 1763-1825 -- Criticism and interpretation
Jean Paul, 1763-1825
Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1756-1793
Wezel, Johann Karl, 1747-1819
German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Mind and body in literature.
Body and soul in literature.
Body and soul in literature
German literature
Mind and body in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191698293
0191698296