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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786800403321

Autore

McLaughlin Kevin <1959->

Titolo

Poetic force : poetry after Kant / / Kevin McLaughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8047-9228-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Meridian. Crossing Aesthetics

Disciplina

808.1

Soggetti

Poetry, Modern - 19th century - History and criticism

Aesthetics, Modern - 20th century

Philosophy, Modern - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: Poetic Force -- Acknowledgments -- Translations and Abbreviations -- §1. Ur-ability -- §2. Hölderlin’s Peace -- §3. Poetic Reason of State -- §4. Arnold’s Resignation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that the theory of force elaborated in Immanuel Kant's aesthetics is of decisive importance to poetry in the 19th century and to the connection between poetry and philosophy over the last two centuries. Inspired by his deep engagement with the critical theory of Walter Benjamin, who especially developed this Kantian strain of thinking, Kevin McLaughlin uses this theory of force to illuminate the work of three of the most influential 19th century writers in their respective national traditions: Friedrich Hölderlin, Charles Baudelaire, and Matthew Arnold.