(Re- )writing the radical : enlightenment, revolution and cultural transfer in 1790s Germany, Britain and France

The essays in this volume discuss the overlap between philosophical, aesthetic, and political concerns in the 1790s either in the work of individuals or in the transfer of cultural materials across national borders, which tended to entail adaptation and transformation. What emerges is a clearer understanding of the “fate” of the Enlightenment, its radicalization and its “overcoming” in aesthetic and political terms, and of the way in which political “paranoia”, generated by the fear of a spreading revolutionary radicalism, facilitated and influenced the cultural transfer of the “radical”. The collection will be of interest to scholars in French, German, English, and comparative studies working on the later 18th century or early 19th century. It is of particular interest to those working on the impact of the French Revolution, those engaged in reception studies, and those researching the interface between political and cultural activites. It is also of key interest to intellectual historians of this period, as well as general historians with an interest in modern conservatism and radicalism. Foreword / Elinor Shaffer -- Introduction / Maike Oergel --that War With Softer Cares May Be United: Harriet Lee, Georgiana Duchess Of Devonshire, The Thirty Years' War, And The Politics Of Adaptation / Imke Heuer -- From Sentiment To Sexuality: Engish Werther-stories, The French Revolution, And German Vampires / Susanne Kord -- Radical Translations: Dubious Anglo-german Cultural Transfer In The 1790s / Barry Murnane -- Goethe And Schiller, Peasants And Students: Weimar And The French Revolution / W. Daniel Wilson -- Revolution, Abolition, Aesthetic Sublimation: German Responses To News From France In The 1790s / Birgit Tautz -- Print And Preserve: Periodicals In Late Eighteenth-century Germany/ Renata Schellenberg -- Aesthetics And Politics In The Journal London Und Paris (1798-1815) / Christian Deuling -- Changing Authorities On Hms Bounty: The Public Images Of William Bligh And Fletcher Christian In The Context Of Late Eighteenth-century Political And Intellectual Conditions / Maike Oergel -- A Fictional Response To The Categorical Imperative: Women Refugees, Servants, And Slaves In Charrière's Trois Femmes / Judith Still -- Sade, Revolution, And The Boundaries Of Freedom / Melissa Deininger -- Impossible Crossings: Friedrich Hölderlin's Hyperion And The Aesthetic Foundation Of Democracy / Jakob Ladegaard -- Événements De Circonstance: The Classical Tradition In The Age Of Revolution / Ian Macgregor Morris And Uta Degner -- Detours Of Knowledge: Aspects Of Novalis' Aesthetic Epistemology / Peter Krilles -- Challenging Time(s): Memory, Politics, And The Philosophy Of Time In Jean Paul's Quintus Fixlein / Dirk Göttsche -- Xavier De Maistre And Angelology / David Mccallam -- Introducing The Songs With Inspiration: William Blake, Lavater, And The Legacy Of Felix Hess / Sibylle Erle. Edited By Maike Oergel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "That war with softer cares may be united": Harriet Lee, Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, the Thirty Years' War, and the politics of adaptation -- Imke Heuer. From sentiment to sexuality: English Werther-stories, the French Revolution, and German vampires -- Susanne Kord. Radical translations: dubious Anglo-German cultural transfer in the 1790s -- Barry Murnane. Goethe and Schiller, peasants and students: Weimar and the French Revolution -- W. Daniel Wilson. Revolution, abolition, aesthetic sublimation: German responses to news from France in the 1790s -- Birgit Tautz. Print and preserve: periodicals in late eighteenth-century Germany -- Renata Schelleberg. Aesthetics and politics in the journal London und Paris (1798-1815) -- Christian Deuling. Changing authorities on HMS Bounty: the public images of William Bligh and Fletcher Christian in the context of late eighteenth-century political and intellectual conditions -- Maike Oergel. A fictional response to the categorical imperative: women refugees, servants, and slaves in Charrière's Trois femmes -- Judith Still. Sade, revolution, and the boundaries of freedom -- Melissa Deininger. Impossible crossings: Friedrich Hölderlin's Hyperion and the aesthetic foundation of democracy -- Jakob Ladegaard. Événements de circonstance: the classical tradition in the age of revolution -- Ian Macgregor Morris a. Uta Degner. Detours of knowledge: aspects of Novalis' aesthetic epistemology -- Peter Krilles. Challenging time(s): memory, politics, and the philosophy of time in Jean Paul's Quintus Fixlein -- Dirk Göttsche. Xavier de Maistre and angelology -- David McCallan. Introducing the songs with inspiration: William Blake, Lavater, and the Legacy of Felix Hess;-- Sibylle Erle Foreword Introduction ‘That war with softer cares may be united’: Harriet Lee, Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, the Thirty Years’ War, and the Politics of Adaptation From Sentiment to Sexuality: English Werther-Stories, the French Revolution, and German Vampires Radical Translations: Dubious Anglo-German Cultural Transfer in the 1790s Goethe and Schiller, Peasants and Students: Weimar and the French Revolution Revolution, Abolition, Aesthetic Sublimation: German Responses to News from France in the 1790s Print and Preserve: Periodicals in Late Eighteenth-Century Germany Aesthetics and Politics in the Journal London und Paris (1798–1815) Changing Authorities on HMS Bounty: The Public Images of William Bligh and Fletcher Christian in the Context of Late Eighteenth-Century Political and Intellectual Conditions A Fictional Response to the Categorical Imperative: Women Refugees, Servants, and Slaves in Charrière’s Trois Femmes Sade, Revolution, and the Boundaries of Freedom Impossible Crossings: Friedrich Hölderlin’s Hyperion and the Aesthetic Foundation of Democracy Événements de Circonstance: The Classical Tradition in the Age of Revolution Detours of Knowledge: Aspects of Novalis’ Aesthetic Epistemology Challenging Time(s): Memory, Politics, and the Philosophy of Time in Jean Paul’s Quintus Fixlein Xavier de Maistre and Angelology Introducing the Songs with Inspiration: William Blake, Lavater, and the Legacy of Felix Hess The Contributors The essays in this volume discuss the overlap between philosophical, aesthetic, and political concerns in the 1790's either in the work of individuals or in the transfer of cultural materials across national borders, which tended to entail adaptation and transformation. What emerges is a clearer understanding of the "fate" of the Enlightenment, its radicalization and its "overcoming" in aesthetic and political terms, and of the way in which political "paranoia", generated by the fear of a spreading revolutionary radicalism, facilitated and influenced the cultural transfer of the "radical". The collection will be of interest to scholars in French, German, English, and comparative studies working on the later 18th century or early 19th century. It is of particular interest to those working on the impact of the French Revolution, those engaged in reception studies, and those researching the interface between political and cultural activities. It is also of key interest to intellectual historians of this period, as well as general historians with an interest in modern conservatism and radicalism