Gailus, Andreas.

Passions of the sign revolution and language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist / [electronic resource] : Andreas Gailus. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. - xvi, 222 p. - Parallax : re-visions of culture and society . - 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.


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


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


France--History--Influence.--Revolution, 1789-1799
France--History--Literature and the revolution.--Revolution, 1789-1799


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P99.37.G3 / G35 2006eb

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