Continued existence, reincarnation, and the power of sympathy in classical Weimar / Lieselotte E. Kurth-Voigt
1999, First Edition. Columbia, SC : Camden House. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #437964
ISBN: 1571131566
Physical description; xvi, 264 p ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-251) and index. Includes bibliographical footnotes. Contents; Preface - Introduction - I. From Antiquity to Enlightenment A Historical Survey of Reincarnationism - 1. Greek and Roman Heritage. p. 3 - 2. Judaism and Early Christianity. p. 22 - 3. Early Enlightenment. p. 35 - 4. Orientalism. p. 52 - II. Ancient and Modern Critics - 5. Dissenting Views and Satirical Voices. p. 69 - III. Weimar Classicism - 6. Christoph Martin Wieland. p. 85 - 7. Johann Georg Schlosser and Johann Gottfried Herder. p. 111 - 8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. p. 147 - 9. Friedrich von Schiller. p. 205 - 10. Later Voices - Toward Romanticism. p. 221 - Concluding Observations. p. 231 - Bibliography. p. 235 - Index. p. 253. Subjects; German literature 18th century History and criticism. Reincarnation in literature. Authors, German 18th century Religious life. Classicism Germany Weimar (Thuringia).
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