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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"German Enlightenment"”.
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Bildung, the Beautiful Soul, and the German Enlightenment Salon
My dissertation explores two critical German philosophical concepts: Bildung (self-cultivation) and die schöne Seele (the Beautiful Soul) in the context of Berlin salon culture around 1800. It is the first systematic examination of the relationship between this philosophy and the institution of the …
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The legitimation of science in the early German enlightenment Leipzig, ca. 1687-1750
… that the light of science has spread through Germany and other countries." Leipzig was described as "the cradle of all arts and sciences," "the biggest journal-factory," "the Mecca of the European book- /overs," "the German Athens" (Diderot). This study explores the various forces that …
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Elise Reimarus (1735--1805), the Muse of Hamburg: A Woman of the German Enlightenment
… also housed the largest Jewish community in Germany at the time. The daughter of an educated family, Reimarus received an exceptional education, which was enhanced through her correspondence with her older brother during his years of university studies in Germany and abroad. Never married, …
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The Organic Imagination and Louis Kahn
… from Hermeticism and Jewish mysticisms into German Romanticism and how they played a role in the world of Kahn's parents shortly before his birth. The first chapter looks at mysticism and how it resonates with Kahn's descriptions of silence and light. The second chapter outlines the …
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"Intertextuality in Goethe's ""Werther"""
… intertextual references in eighteenth-century German author Johann W. Goethe’s epistolary novel Die Leiden des jungen Werther. The project consists of five chapters with a theory of intertextuality based on M.M. Bakhtin's ideas, which are presented primarily in the introduction. Chapter One …
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Radical enlightenment in German literature 1771-1811
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and social movement that had a profound impact on the development of Western society, yet its complexity and impact on literature are not often fully understood. The values of freedom, equality, and brotherhood as well as the rise of the roles of reason, …