German Romanticism and Science

The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Gothic & Romantic
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Author: Jocelyn Holland ISBN: 9781135850166
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 30, 2009
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Jocelyn Holland
ISBN: 9781135850166
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 30, 2009
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Situated at the intersection of literature and science, Holland's study draws upon a diverse corpus of literary and scientific texts which testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings which range from Goethe’s writing on metamorphosis to Novalis’s aphorisms and novels and Ritter’s Fragments from the Estate of a Young Physicist, Holland proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation. Rather than subscribing to a single biological theory (such as epigenesis or preformation), these authors take their inspiration from a wide inventory of procreative motifs and imagery.

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Situated at the intersection of literature and science, Holland's study draws upon a diverse corpus of literary and scientific texts which testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings which range from Goethe’s writing on metamorphosis to Novalis’s aphorisms and novels and Ritter’s Fragments from the Estate of a Young Physicist, Holland proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation. Rather than subscribing to a single biological theory (such as epigenesis or preformation), these authors take their inspiration from a wide inventory of procreative motifs and imagery.

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