Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199604128
- eISBN:
- 9780191729362
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199604128.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
The relevance of atmosphere to the evocation of exotic spaces is outlined with reference to theories of spatial experience, such as by Georg Simmel, and in Hofmannsthal’s travel writings, in the ...
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The relevance of atmosphere to the evocation of exotic spaces is outlined with reference to theories of spatial experience, such as by Georg Simmel, and in Hofmannsthal’s travel writings, in the novel Andreas, and in Die Briefe des Zurückgekehrtens. The notions of Fernweh and Heimweh (longing for far-away places and homesickness, respectively) are shown to be evoked in writers’ critical response to the experience of European modernity. The disenchantment of the modern world as defined by Max Weber is shown to describe the situation to which the writings of Max Dauthendey offer alternative. Enchantment and re-enchantment, which suggest critical distance from the modern European experience, describe the possibilities of exotic experience in Dauthendey and in Herman Hesse’s travel writing in India, Aus Indien.Less
The relevance of atmosphere to the evocation of exotic spaces is outlined with reference to theories of spatial experience, such as by Georg Simmel, and in Hofmannsthal’s travel writings, in the novel Andreas, and in Die Briefe des Zurückgekehrtens. The notions of Fernweh and Heimweh (longing for far-away places and homesickness, respectively) are shown to be evoked in writers’ critical response to the experience of European modernity. The disenchantment of the modern world as defined by Max Weber is shown to describe the situation to which the writings of Max Dauthendey offer alternative. Enchantment and re-enchantment, which suggest critical distance from the modern European experience, describe the possibilities of exotic experience in Dauthendey and in Herman Hesse’s travel writing in India, Aus Indien.
Frederick C. Beiser
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199682959
- eISBN:
- 9780191763090
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199682959.003.0010
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Chapter 2 discusses Lotze’s early years in Zittau and Leipzig, especially the important influences upon him (Fechner and Weisse) and his general intellectual context. It analyzes Lotze’s early ...
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Chapter 2 discusses Lotze’s early years in Zittau and Leipzig, especially the important influences upon him (Fechner and Weisse) and his general intellectual context. It analyzes Lotze’s early unpublished writings and his early published reviews. Special emphasis is laid on Lotze’s debts to the romantic age and to idealism. His early scientific work is also placed in the context of the scientific currents of the 1830s.Less
Chapter 2 discusses Lotze’s early years in Zittau and Leipzig, especially the important influences upon him (Fechner and Weisse) and his general intellectual context. It analyzes Lotze’s early unpublished writings and his early published reviews. Special emphasis is laid on Lotze’s debts to the romantic age and to idealism. His early scientific work is also placed in the context of the scientific currents of the 1830s.
