Phenomenology of Freedom in Kleist's "Die Familie Schroffenstein" and "Penthesilea": v. 490 (European University Studies) - Softcover

Bochan, Bohdan

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ISBN 10: 3820470921 ISBN 13: 9783820470925

Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, 1982

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This study describes from an ontological perspective the foundation of freedom in two of Kleist's dramas. The novelty of this approach lies in the author's departure from the ontic considerations of freedom characterizing traditional Kleist scholarship. The present study advocates a de-construction of Kleist's concept of freedom back to its ontological basis: freedom is a cooperative enterprise of man and his situation. It is the author's contention that freedom in Kleist's works, rather than being defined by «a priori» categories, ensues primarily from the situation wherein it is being enacted. Man's relation to this situation is explored in a universal (Schroffenstein) and particular (Penthesilea) environment.

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...a most stimulating existentialist interpretation... (The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, Cambridge)

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• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1982
• ISBN 10: 3820470921
• ISBN 13: 9783820470925
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 195