Jena Romanticism and Its Appropriation of Jakob Böhme: Theosophy, Hagiography, Literature

Paola Mayer

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 1999

Jena Romanticism and Its Appropriation of Jakob Böhme

Theosophy, Hagiography, Literature

Paola Mayer

Volume 27 in the series McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773567870

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Interest in German Romanticism has been revitalized in recent years by new post-structural, interdisciplinary, and intertextual perspectives. However until now this renewed interest has not led to a re-examination of Jakob Böhme's formative influence on

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Mayer Paola :

Paola Mayer is associate professor of European studies and German at the University of Guelph and author of Jena Romanticism and Its Appropriation of Jakob Böhme: Theosophy, Hagiography, Literature.

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"There has been frequent comment on the importance of Böhme in the development of romantic thought in Germany, and there have indeed been studies on that influence with regard to individual romantic authors. [Jena Romanticism and Its Appropriation of Jakob Böhme is] the first comprehensive study of that influence as it regards the Jena romantics taken together." James McGlathery, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana.
"[Jena Romanticism and Its Appropriation of Jakob Böhme is] significant not only because the story of Böhme's influence will henceforth have to be told differently, but also because we will have to think differently about some of the strategies of the Jena Romantics and the way their philosophies developed ... the patience and the acumen with which [Mayer] plowed through Böhme's and Schelling's obscurities are as admirable as the clarity of her explications." Hans Eichner, Professor Emeritus of University of Toronto.

"There has been frequent comment on the importance of Böhme in the development of romantic thought in Germany, and there have indeed been studies on that influence with regard to individual romantic authors. [Jena Romanticism and Its Appropriation of Jakob Böhme is] the first comprehensive study of that influence as it regards the Jena romantics taken together." James McGlathery, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana. "[Jena Romanticism and Its Appropriation of Jakob Böhme is] significant not only because the story of Böhme's influence will henceforth have to be told differently, but also because we will have to think differently about some of the strategies of the Jena Romantics and the way their philosophies developed ... the patience and the acumen with which [Mayer] plowed through Böhme's and Schelling's obscurities are as admirable as the clarity of her explications." Hans Eichner, Professor Emeritus of University of Toronto.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Jakob Böhme: His Thought and Early Reception
The Seduction of Influence: A Forschungsbericht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Böhme’s Thought: A Précis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Bohme’s Reception in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: A Typology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
Jakob Böhme and the Jena Circle. The Story of a Reception
The Discovery: Ludwig Tieck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
An Interrupted Reception: Novalis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Towards A Mystical Science: J. W. Ritter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
From Universalpoesie to Christian Idealism: Böhme ’s Thought and Philosophical Romanticism
The Limits of the Reception: F.E.D. Schleiermacher, August Wilhelm, Caroline, and Dorothea Schlegel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Universalpoesie, Mythology, and Christian Idealism: Friedrich Schlegel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Idealism, Human Freedom and the Problem of Evil: F.W.J. Schelling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
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Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
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Published: November 26, 1999
ISBN: 9780773567870

Jena Romanticism and Its Appropriation of Jakob Böhme

Theosophy, Hagiography, Literature

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Seduction of Influence: A Forschungsbericht

Böhme’s Thought: A Précis

Bohme’s Reception in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: A Typology

The Discovery: Ludwig Tieck

An Interrupted Reception: Novalis

Towards A Mystical Science: J. W. Ritter

The Limits of the Reception: F.E.D. Schleiermacher, August Wilhelm, Caroline, and Dorothea Schlegel

Universalpoesie, Mythology, and Christian Idealism: Friedrich Schlegel

Idealism, Human Freedom and the Problem of Evil: F.W.J. Schelling

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index