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03966aam a2200529 i 4500 001 0E38FE06177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 008 190414t20192019quc b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020438168 020 $a 0773558888 020 $a 9780773558885 020 $a 0773558896 020 $a 9780773558892 035 $a (OCoLC)1096343525 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d OCLCF $d LTSCA $d YDX $d UKMGB $d PSC $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d DLC $d NLC $d OCLCA $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a lac 043 $a e-gx--- 050 4 $a PT363.A4 $b M39 2019 055 00 $a PT363.A4 $b M39 2019 082 04 $a 830.9/006 $2 23 100 1 $a Mayer, Paola, $e author. 245 14 $a The aesthetics of fear in German romanticism / $c Paola Mayer. 264 1 $a Montreal ; $b McGill-Queen's University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiv, 482 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; $v 77 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 540 $a Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 $c 0. $5 Uk 520 $a "Enlightenment--both the phenomenon specific to the eighteenth century and the continuing trend in Western thought--is an attempt to dispel ignorance, achieve mastery of a potentially hostile environment, and contain fear of the unknown by promoting science and rationality. Enlightenment is often accompanied and challenged by countercultures such as German Romanticism, which explored the nature of fear and deployed it as a corrective to the excesses of rationalism. The Aesthetics of Fear in German Romanticism uncovers the formative role this movement played in the development of dark or negative aesthetics. Recovering a missing chapter in the history of the aesthetics of fear, Paola Mayer illustrates that Romanticism was a crucial transitional phase between the eighteenth-century sublime and the early twentieth-century uncanny. Mayer puts literature and philosophy in dialogue, examining how German Romantic literature employed narratives of fear to radicalize and then subvert the status quo in society, culture, and science. She traces the development of this aesthetic from its inception with pre-Romantics such as Jean Paul Richter to its end in Joseph von Eichendorff's critical retrospective, and juxtaposes canonical authors such as E.T.A. Hoffmann--the father of the modern fantastic--with writers who have previously been ignored. Today, when the dark side of science looms in the foreground, The Aesthetics of Fear in German Romanticism points to the power of a literary movement to construct competing currents of thought."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Theoretical Discourses -- Ludwig Tieck -- Apel and Laun, Gespensterbuch -- Heinrich von Kleist -- Definitions and Theories -- Tales of Music and Musicians -- Tales of Science and Scientists -- Romanticism Re-evaluated: Joseph von Eichendorff. 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 650 0 $a German literature $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Romanticism $z Germany. 650 0 $a Aesthetics in literature. 650 0 $a Fear in literature. 650 7 $a Aesthetics in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00798734 650 7 $a Fear in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00922059 650 7 $a German literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00941797 650 7 $a Romanticism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01100133 651 7 $a Germany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210272 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Mayer, Paola. $t Aesthetics of fear in German Romanticism. $d Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019 $z 9780228000259 $z 9780228000259 $w (OCoLC)1117772707 830 0 $a McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; $v 77. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317025034.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0E38FE06177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search