Author | Neuhรคuser, Rudolf. author |
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Title | Towards the Romantic Age [electronic resource] : Essays on Sentimental and Preromantic Literature in Russia / by Rudolf Neuhรคuser |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1974 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1988-0 |
Descript | XIV, 250 p. online resource |
I Sentimentalism: The Conceptual Background -- 1. A Russian Sentimentalist: I.I. Dmitriev -- 2. The Philosophical Background -- 3. The Sensualist Approach in Russian Aesthetics -- 4. Freemasonic Concepts -- II Sentimentalism: Literary Influences from the West and the Russian Response -- 1. Three Trends -- 2. Translated Literature between 1750 and 1780 -- 3. Changing Genre Concepts -- 4. Sentimental Aestheticism: Patterns and Motifs -- III The Transition to Preromantic Writing -- 1. From Sentimental Clichรฉs to Preromantic Concepts -- 2. Major Influences on Preromantic Writing in Russia Jean Jacques Rousseau, William Shakespeare, Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang Goethe -- 3. German Aesthetic Theories in Russia -- 4. Folklore and Mythology -- IV Preromantic Themes and Motifs -- 1. Basic Concepts of Preromantic Literature: Nature, Poetry, and the Genius -- 2. Major Genres of Preromantic Literature The Novel and Drama -- 3. Early Russian Interpretations of the Romantic: The Term โromanicheskiiโ -- V Russian Preromantic Writing -- 1. N. M. Karamzinโs Preromantic Period -- 2. The Friendly Literary Society -- 3. The Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science and the Arts -- 4. Three Preromantic Authors V. T. Narezhnyi, N. I. Gnedich, D. V. Davydov -- Conclusion -- Index of Names -- Index of Terms -- Index of Russian Periodicals