Carlyle and Jean Paul [[electronic resource] ] : their spiritual optics / / by J.P. Vijn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789880703321
• Autore: Vijn J. P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1982
• ISBN: 1-283-42474-6; 9786613424747; 90-272-8051-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Collana: Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature Utrechtse publikaties voor algemene literatuurwetenschap ; ; v. 18
• Disciplina: 824/.8
• Soggetti: Romanticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Jean Paul's "Rede des todten Christus" - pt. 2. Carlyle and the "Rede" -- pt. 3. Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.
• Sommario/riassunto: It has always been thought difficult, if not impossible, to define what the philosophy of Carlyle was. Ever since the publication of Sartor Resartus in 1833-1834, the view that Carlyle had a theistic conception of the universe has been defended as well as opposed. At a time, therefore, when Carlyle's work as a whole is being reappraised, his philosophy should first and foremost be dealt with. Carlyle's life-philosophy is based on the inner experience of a process of 'conversion', which set in with an incident that occurred to him at Leith Walk, Edinburgh. This study - which settles the