Brills Companion to German Romantic Philosophy (Brill's Companions to Philosophy / Brill's Companions to Phi)

Fees are subject to change.This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. Introduction -- The Copernican Turn in Early German Romanticism / Jane Kneller -- Romantic Views of Language / Howard Pollack-Milgate -- Religion and Early German Romanticism: the Finite and the Infinite / John H. Smith -- The Romantic Poetry of Nature: an Antidote to German Idealism{u2019}s Eclipsing of Natural Beauty / Elizabeth Millán Brusslan -- The Philosophy of Myth / Erwin Cook -- Romantic Bildung and the Persistence of Teleology / Thomas Pfau -- The Philosophical Relevance of Romantic Irony / Bärbel Frischmann -- Literary Criticism in the Age of Critical Philosophy / Judith Norman -- Fichte and the Early German Romantics / Susan-Judith Hoffmann -- Hegel{u2019}s Critique of Romantic Irony / Jeffrey Reid -- Hölderlin{u2019}s Path: on Sustaining Romanticism from Kant to Nietzsche / Karl Ameriks -- Homesickness, Interdisciplinarity, and the Absolute: Heidegger{u2019}s Relation to Schlegel and Novalis / Ian Alexander Moore -- Index. Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Notes on Contributors 9 Introduction 14 Chapter 1 The Copernican Turn in Early German Romanticism 31 Chapter 2 Romantic Views of Language 50 Chapter 3 Religion and Early German Romanticism: the Finite and the Infinite 73 Chapter 4 The Romantic Poetry of Nature: an Antidote to German Idealism’s Eclipsing of Natural Beauty 110 Chapter 5 The Philosophy of Myth 126 Chapter 6 Romantic Bildung and the Persistence of Teleology 156 Chapter 7 The Philosophical Relevance of Romantic Irony 186 Chapter 8 Literary Criticism in the Age of Critical Philosophy 208 Chapter 9 Fichte and the Early German Romantics 230 Chapter 10 Hegel’s Critique of Romantic Irony 254 Chapter 11 Hölderlin’s Path: on Sustaining Romanticism from Kant to Nietzsche 271 Chapter 12 Homesickness, Interdisciplinarity, and the Absolute: Heidegger’s Relation to Schlegel and Novalis 293 Index 324 Early German Romanticism has long been acknowledged as a major literary movement, but only recently have scholars appreciated its philosophical significance as well. This collection of original essays showcases not only the philosophical achievements of early German Romantic writers such as Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis, but also the sophistication, contemporary relevance, and wide-ranging influence of their philosophical contributions. This volume will be of interest both to students looking for an introduction to romanticism as well as to scholars seeking to discover new facets of the movement – a romantic perspective on topics ranging from mathematics to mythology, from nature to literature and language. This volume bears testimony to the enduring and persistent modernity of early German Romantic philosophy. Scholars are finally fully appreciating the philosophical significance of early German Romanticism. Brill's Companion to German Romantic Philosophy is a collection of original essays showcasing not only the philosophical achievements of romantic writers such as Schlegel and Novalis, but the sophistication, relevance, and influence of romanticism today.