Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Topography of ModernityCondition: NewSubtitle: Karl Philipp Moritz and the Space of AutonomyISBN-10: 0801478081EAN: 9780801478086ISBN: 9780801478086Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell University LibraryFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/12/2013Description: 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) (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: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 11mmAuthor: Elliott SchreiberGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and ThoughtItem Weight: 454gRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Topography of Modernity
Title: The Topography of Modernity
Subtitle: Karl Philipp Moritz and the Space of Autonomy
ISBN-10: 0801478081
EAN: 9780801478086
ISBN: 9780801478086
Release Date: 03/12/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought
Book Title: Topography of Modernity : Karl Philipp Moritz and the Space of Autonomy
Number of Pages: 194 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: European / German, Aesthetics, History / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Art, Philosophy
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Elliott Schreiber
Book Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
