Longing for Myth in Germany Religion and Aesthetic Culture from Romanticism to Nietzsche

Name: Longing for Myth in Germany Religion and Aesthetic Culture from Romanticism to Nietzsche
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ISBN: 9780226899466

ISBN-10: 0226899462

ISBN-13: 9780226899466

Edition: 2004

Authors: George S. Williamson

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'The Longing for Myth in Germany' examines the preoccupation of many 19th century German intellectuals with the gods & myths of antiquity. Williamson shows how these aesthetic & philosophical ambitions became entangled with religious conflicts.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Theophany and Revolution: The Romantics Turn to Myth



The Construction of a National Mythology: The Romantic and Vormï¿½rz Eras



Olympus under Siege: Creuzer's Symbolik and The Politics of the Restoration



From Scriptual Revelation to Messianic Myth: The Bible in Vormï¿½rz



Richard Wagner and Revolutionary Humanism



Myth and Monotheism in the Unification Era, 1850-1880 Nietzsche's Kulturkampf


Epilogue


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index