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Auteur(s) : Wulf, Andrea  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Magnificent rebels [Texte imprimé] : the first Romantics and the invention of the self / Andrea Wulf

Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-494 p., [16] p. de pl.) : ill. en coul. ; 25 cm

Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [359]-471. Notes bibliogr. Index
"From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels-poets, novelists, philosophers--who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heartbreaking grief, and radical ideas launched Romanticism onto the world stage, inspiring some of the greatest thinkers of the time. When did we begin to be as self-centered as we are today? At what point did we expect to have the right to determine our own lives? When did we first ask the question, How can I be free? It all began in a quiet university town in Germany in the 1790s, when a group of playwrights, poets, and writers put the self at center stage in their thinking, their writing, and their lives. This brilliant circle included the famous poets Goethe, Schiller, and Novalis; the visionary philosophers Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel; the contentious Schlegel brothers; and, in a wonderful cameo, Alexander von Humboldt. And at the heart of this group was the formidable Caroline Schlegel, who sparked their dazzling conversations about the self, nature, identity, and freedom. The French revolutionaries may have changed the political landscape of Europe, but the young Romantics incited a revolution of the mind that transformed our world forever. We are still empowered by their daring leap into the self, and by their radical notions of the creative potential of the individual, the highest aspirations of art and science, the unity of nature, and the true meaning of freedom. We also still walk the same tightrope between meaningful self-fulfillment and destructive narcissism, between the rights of the individual and our responsibilities toward our community and future generations. At the heart of this inspiring book is the extremely modern tension between the dangers of selfishness and the thrilling possibilities of free will"

Sujet(s) : Romantisme -- Allemagne  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Écrivains allemands -- 1789-1815  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Littérature allemande -- 1789-1815  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  830.900 6 (23e éd.) = Littérature de langue allemande - Histoire et critique - 1750-1832  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780525657118 (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb47494075v

Notice n° :  FRBNF47494075 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : pt. I. Arrival. ; 1.. `A happy event', Summer 1794 : Goethe and Schiller -- ; 2.. `I am a priest of truth', Summer 1794 : Fichte's Ich-philosophy -- ; 3.. `The nation's finest minds', Winter 1794-Spring 1795 : where all paths lead -- ; 4.. `Electrified by our intellectual friction', 1795 – 1796 : love, life and literature -- ; 5.. `Philosophy is originally a feeling', Summer 1796 : novalis in love -- ; 6.. `Our splendid circle', Summer-Winter 1796 : the Schlegels arrive -- ; pt. II. Experiments. ; 7.. `Our little academy', Spring 1797 : Goethe and Alexander von Humboldt -- ; 8.. `Grasp, then, a handful of darkness', Summer-Winter 1797 : novalis's death wish -- ; 9.. `Sublime impertinence', Winter 1797-Spring 1798 : the dawn of Romanticism -- ; 10.. `Symphilosophy is our connection's true name', Summer 1798 : a vacation in Dresden and Schelling arrives -- ; pt. III. Connections. ; 11.. `To be one with everything living', Autumn 1798-Spring 1799 : Schelling's Naturphilosophie -- ; 12.. `Idol worshippers, atheists, liars', 1799 : scandals part one. Fichte's dismissal -- ; 13.. `You lose yourself in a dizzy whirl', 1799 : scandals part two. divorce, women and sex -- ; 14.. `The Schlegel clique', Autumn 1799 : work and play -- ; 15.. `Solemnly calling a new confederation of minds', November 1799 : a meeting in Leutragasse -- ; pt. IV. Fragmentation. ; 16.. `The republic of despots', Winter 1799-Summer 1800 : estrangements -- ; 17.. `O what a black fog', Summer 1800-Spring 1801 : darkness falls -- ; 18.. `When philosophers start eating one another like starving rats', Spring 1801-Spring 1803 : separations -- ; 19.. `The current exodus', 1804-1805 : Jena abandoned -- ; 20.. `The French are in town!', October 1806 : the battle of Jena.