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Author Schreiber, Elliott, 1969-

Title The topography of modernity [electronic resource] : Karl Philipp Moritz and the space of autonomy / Elliott Schreiber.

Imprint Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2012.

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Description xii, 179 p. : ill.
Series Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought
Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Toward an aesthetics of the sublime Augenblick : Moritz reading Die Leiden des jungen Werthers -- Beyond an aesthetics of containment : trajectories of the imagination in Moritz and Goethe -- Laying the foundation for independent thought : enlightenment epistemology and pedagogy -- Thinking inside the box : Moritz contra philanthropism -- Raising (and razing) the common house : Moritz and the ideology of commonality -- Pressing matters : Moritz's models of the self in the Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde -- Conclusion : Moritz's inner-worldly critique of modernity.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1756-1793 -- Aesthetics.
Aesthetics, Modern -- 18th century.
German literature -- History and criticism.
Arts, Modern -- 18th century -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801451782 (cloth alk. paper)
9780801478086 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780801466014 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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