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Passions of the sign : revolution and language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist / Andreas Gailus.

By: Gailus, Andreas.
Publisher: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006Description: xvi, 222 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 080188277X (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811. Michael Kohlhaas | Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 -- Criticism and interpretation | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten | Semiotics -- Germany -- History | German language -- Rhetoric -- History | Subjectivity -- History -- 19th century | Subjectivity in literatureDDC classification: 830.9/0001/4
Contents:
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.
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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.

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