Gailus, Andreas.

Passions of the sign : revolution and language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist / Andreas Gailus. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. - xvi, 222 p. ; 24 cm. NFIC - Parallax (Baltimore, Md.) Parallax (Baltimore, Md.) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-212) and index.

Energetic signs: autonomy and novelty in the age of revolution -- Revealing freedom: crisis and enthusiasm in Kant's philosophy of history -- Poetics of containment: Goethe's Conversations of German refugees and the crisis of communication -- Border narratives: Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas -- Conclusion: The big either.

080188277X (hardcover : alk. paper)

2005014176


Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811. Michael Kohlhaas.
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 --Criticism and interpretation.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten.


Semiotics--History.--Germany
German language--Rhetoric--History.
Subjectivity--History--19th century.
Subjectivity in literature.

P99.37.G3 / G35 2006

830.9/0001/4

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