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Author Schreiber, Elliott, 1969-

Title The topography of modernity : 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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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.
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Summary Karl Philipp Moritz (d. 1793) was one of the most innovative writers of the late Enlightenment in Germany. A novelist, travel writer, editor, and teacher he is probably best known today for his autobiographical novel Anton Reiser (1785-90) and for his treatises on aesthetics, foremost among them Über die bildende Nachahmung des Schönen (On the Formative Imitation of the Beautiful), published in 1788. In this treatise, Moritz develops the concept of aesthetic autonomy, which became widely known after Goethe included a lengthy excerpt of it in his own Italian Journey (1816-17). It was one of the foundational texts of Weimar classicism, and it became pivotal for the development of early Romanticism. In The Topography of Modernity, Elliott Schreiber gives Moritz the credit he deserves as an important thinker beyond his contributions to aesthetic theory. Indeed, he sees Moritz as an incisive early observer and theorist of modernity. Considering a wide range of Moritz's work including his novels, his writings on mythology, prosody, and pedagogy, and his political philosophy and psychology, Schreiber shows how Moritz's thinking developed in response to the intellectual climate of the Enlightenment and paved the way for later social theorists to conceive of modern society as differentiated into multiple, competing value spheres.
Language In English.
Subject Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1756-1793 -- Aesthetics.
Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1756-1793 -- Aesthetics.
Moritz, Karl Philipp, 1756-1793 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdRxVpKBPWHfTJqvwXTpP
Moritz, Karl Philipp 1756-1793
Aesthetics, Modern -- 18th century.
German literature -- History and criticism.
Arts, Modern -- 18th century -- Philosophy.
Esthétique -- 18e siècle.
Littérature allemande -- Histoire et critique.
Arts -- 18e siècle -- Philosophie.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
Aesthetics
Aesthetics, Modern
Arts, Modern -- Philosophy
German literature
Ästhetik
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Schreiber, Elliott, 1969- Topography of modernity. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2012 9780801451782 0801451787 (DLC) 2012032277
ISBN 0801466016 (electronic bk.)
9780801466014 (electronic bk.)
9780801451782 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0801451787 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780801478086 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0801478081 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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