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Romanticism, Republicanism, and the Swiss Myth
The first detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature and culture from Joseph Addison to John Ruskin, this book analyzes the aesthetic and political uses of what is commonly called the 'Swiss myth' in the parallel development of Romanticism and liberalism. The myth merged the country's legends going back to the Middle Ages with the Enlightenment image of a happy, free nation of alpine shepherds. Its unique combination of conservative, progressive, and radical associations enabled writers before the French Revolution to call for democratic reforms, whereas those coming after could refigure it as a conservative alternative to French liberté. Integrating intellectual history with literary studies, and addressing a wide range of Romantic-period texts and authors, among them Byron, the Shelleys, Hemans, Scott, Coleridge, and, above all, Wordsworth, the book argues that the myth contributed to the liberal idea of the people as a sublime yet sleeping sovereign.
The Lessing Yearbook
The Lessing Yearbook, the official publication of the Lessing Society, is a valuable source of information on German culture, literature, and thought of the eighteenth century. Articles are in German or English.
Translating the World
In Translating the World, Birgit Tautz provides a new narrative of German literary history in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Departing from dominant modes of thought regarding the nexus of literary and national imagination, she examines this intersection through the lens of Germany’s emerging global networks and how they were rendered in two very different German cities: Hamburg and Weimar. German literary history has tended to employ a conceptual framework that emphasizes the nation or idealized citizenry, yet the experiences of readers in eighteenth-century German cities existed within the context of their local environments, in which daily life occurred and writers ...
The Alps
Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked to them for divine inspiration, and Victorian explorers tested their ingenuity and courage against them. Located at the crossroads between powerful states, the Alps have played a crucial role in the formation of European history, a place of intense cultural fusion as well as fierce conflict between warring nations. A diverse range of flora and fauna have made themselves at home in this harsh environment, which today welcomes over 100 million tourists a year. Leading Alpine scholar Jon Mathieu tells the story of the people who have lived in and been inspired by these mountains and valleys, from the ancient peasants of the Neolithic to the cyclists of the Tour de France. Far from being a remote and backward corner of Europe, the Alps are shown by Mathieu to have been a crucible of new ideas and technologies at the heart of the European story.
Est-il utile au peuple d'être trompé?
Alle vorhandenen, nach den Handschriften transkribierten Einreichungen zur berühmten 1780er Preisfrage der preußischen Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres werden zum ersten Mal vollständig vorgelegt. Die skandalträchtige Preisfrage 'Est-il utile au Peuple d'être trompé?', zu der Friedrich II. seine Akademie 1777 gezwungen hatte, wurde zur erfolgreichsten im 18. Jahrhundert, schockierte Europa und ist als Problem bis heute aktuell. Die Volksbetrugs-Frage kann als Wasserscheide der Aufklärung angesehen werden: Die qualitative Bestimmung dessen, was Aufklärung sei oder sein sollte, schlug um in die quantitative Frage: Wer soll aufgeklärt werden? - Eine ausführliche Einleitung zur Edition gibt Auskunft über die Geschichte und Aktualität des Problems Volksbetrug (von der Antike bis heute), die Entstehung der Fragestellung, die Diskussionen innerhalb der Akademie, deren Handhabung der Preisverteilung und leistet eine teilweise Deanonymisierung der Schriften sowie eine knappe Kontextualisierung. Der Textb
Mann für Mann
Dieses biographische Lexikon enthält 1300 kleinere Artikel zur Freundesliebe und mannmännlicher Sexualität im deutschen Sprachraum vom Hohen Mittelalter bis zur unmittelbaren Gegenwart. Es überrascht durch seine Fülle an umfassenden Informationen. Das Schwergewicht liegt auf dem 20. Jahrhundert, und berücksichtigt werden die jüngst verstorbenen Prominenten aus Kunst, Wissenschaft und Schwulenbewegung wie: Hans Mayer, Charles Regnier, Einar Schleef, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Hans-Georg Stümke, Rudolph Moshammer, Erich Lifka oder Friedhelm Mönter.
Gesundheit und Krankheit im 18. Jahrhundert
Enth. u.a.: S. 5-17: "Cette faiblesse originelle de nos nerfs" : Intellektualität und weibliche Konstitution : Julie Bondelis Krankheitsberichte / Angelica Baum, Brigitte Schnegg. Mit Anm. - S. 33-47: "Jeder Schmerz ist eine Erinnerung unsers hohen Rangs" : aus der Krankheitsgeschichte der jugendlichen Künstlerin Ida Brun / Doris Walser-Wilhelm. Mit Anm. [Betr. auch Karl Viktor von Bonstetten]. - S. 141-156: Krankheit als Metapher : neue Überlegungen zu einer alten Querelle: Julien Offray de la Mettrie und Albrecht von Haller / Ursula Pia Jauch Staffelbach. Mit Anm.
Milano 1816: Carlotta e Ludovico
La storia d'amore tra lo scrittore Ludovico Di Breme e l'attrice Carlotta Marchionni presenta tutte le caratteristiche dell'amore "romantico" passione, contrasti, lontananza e, in conclusione, morte di uno dei due innamorati, ancora relativamente giovane, a causa della tisi. Ludovico Di Breme era stato ordinato sacerdote nel 1806, ma aveva un cuore "amante" che gli rendeva difficile rispettare gli obblighi della sua condizione. La fonte principale per ricostruire la storia d'amore tra lo scrittore torinese Ludovico Di Breme e l'attrice Carlotta Marchionni, sono le lettere di Silvio Pellico, amico di Ludovico, ma anche di Carlotta, che il Pellico ammira per la sua capacità di dare un anima ed uno spessore ai personaggi che interpreta sul palcoscenico
