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"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" - education, violence and family structures in Heinrich von Kleist

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Allan, Sean (2012) "Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" - education, violence and family structures in Heinrich von Kleist. Études Germaniques, Volume 62 (Number 1). pp. 119-131.

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Abstract

Although the family in Kleist’s work is often depicted as the locus of violent conflict, this should not be seen as a rejection of enlightened models of humanism ; for the violence that occurs is never arbitrary. In Die Familie Schroffenstein, Die Marquise von O…, and Der Findling the main protagonists are all forced to confront their capacity for evil. Yet it is precisely Kleist’s insistence that moral freedom consists in the capacity to choose not only good, but evil too, that constitutes the genuinely radical character of his œuvre as a whole and situates it within contemporary paradigms of Kantian ethics.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > German Studies
Journal or Publication Title: Études Germaniques
Publisher: Editions Klincksieck
ISSN: 0014-2115
Official Date: 2012
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Volume: Volume 62
Number: Number 1
Page Range: pp. 119-131
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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