Kollias, Hector (2003) Exposing romanticism : philosophy, literature, and the incomplete absolute. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to present the fundamental philosophical
positions of Early German Romanticism, focusing on the three following writers:
J. C. F. Holderlin, Novalis, and F. Schlegel. Chapter 1 begins with an
examination of the first-philosophical, or ontological foundations of
Romanticism and discusses its appropriation and critique of the work of Fichte,
arriving at an elucidation of Romantic ontology as an ontology of differencing
and production. The second chapter looks at how epistemology is transformed,
in the hands of the Romantics, and due to the attention they paid to language,
semiotic theory, and the operations of irony in discourse, into poetology - a
theory of knowledge, into a theory of poetic production. In the third chapter a
confrontation between the philosophical positions of Romanticism and those of
the main currents of German Idealism (Schelling, Hegel) is undertaken; through
this confrontation, the essential trait of Romantic thought is arrived at, namely
the thought of an incomplete Absolute, as opposed to the absolute as totality in
Idealism. The final chapter considers the avenue left open by the notion of the
incomplete Absolute, and the Romantics' chief legacy, namely the theory of
literature; literature is thus seen as coextensive with philosophy, and analysed
under three conceptual categories (the theory of genre, the fragment, criticism)
which all betray their provenance from the thought lying at the core of
Romanticism: the incomplete Absolute. Finally, in the conclusion a summation
of this exposition of romanticism is presented, alongside a brief consideration of
the relevance of the Romantic project in contemporary critical/philosophical
debates.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) P Language and Literature > PT Germanic literature
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Romanticism -- Germany -- History -- 18th century, Philosophy, German -- 18th century, German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism, Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843 -- History and criticism, Novalis, 1772-1801 -- History and criticism, Schlegel, Friedrich von, 1772-1829 -- History and criticism
Official Date:	September 2003
Dates:	Date Event September 2003 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Philosophy
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Houlgate, Stephen
Sponsors:	Arts and Humanities Research Board (Great Britain) (AHRB); University of Warwick
Extent:	277 leaves
Language:	eng

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