Poland in the Eyes of German Intellectuals, 1764-1800
Hardback
Publication Date: 14/02/2001
Dying with an Enlightening Fall is a study of a critical but under-examined moment in German intellectual history. David Pickus encourages readers to discover the connections between the tumultuous events in Poland at the end of the eighteenth century and the critical self-perception of Germany's first generation of truly modern writers. At the same time that the Polish Republic of Nobles was annexed by its neighbors, the German Enlightenment reached its apex. Pickus claims that Poland's manifest failure to adapt to Europe's changing conditions, and its subsequent fall, made Poland a lesson in failure in the eyes of German thinkers. Poland allowed German intellectuals to formulate modern sensibilities; it became a necessary foil, defining what the modern age should be by what it was not.
- ISBN:
- 9780739101537
- 9780739101537
- Category:
- Literature & literary studies
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 14-02-2001
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Lexington Books
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x155x24mm
- Weight:
- 0.52kg
Click 'Notify Me' to get an email alert when this item becomes available
Great!
Click on Save to My Library / Lists
Click on Save to My Library / Lists
Select the List you'd like to categorise as, or add your own
Here you can mark if you have read this book, reading it or want to read
Awesome! You added your first item into your Library
Great! The fun begins.
Click on My Library / My Lists and I will take you there
Click on My Library / My Lists and I will take you there
Reviews
Be the first to review Dying with an Enlightening Fall.
Share This Book: