Thesis
Hamann's prophetic mission
- Alternative title:
- a genetic study of three late works against the Enlightenment
- Abstract:
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Johann Georg Hamann has often been seen as a rhapsodic precursor of Sturm und Drang, but more recent work by theologians has shown that his obscure style is a deliberately constructed tissue of detailed allusions. This genetic study begins with a reconstruction, based on the letters, of the circumstances that first led him to write such texts. An analysis of three late works, Konxompax, the Metakritik über den Purismum der Vernunft, and Golgatha und Scheblimini, then demonstrates...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2006
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602157109
- Source identifiers:
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602157109
- Deposit date:
- 2014-04-01
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- Copyright holder:
- T. J. Beech
- Copyright date:
- 2006
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky.
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