Author | Stein, Gisela. author |
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Title | The Inspiration Motif in the Works of Franz Grillparzer [electronic resource] : With special consideration of 'Libussa' / by Gisela Stein |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1955 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3171-9 |
Descript | VIII, 223 p. online resource |
I. Citizen of Weimar -- Grillparzer and the humanistic tradition โ the heritage of enlightened Josephinism โ Kant's influence in Austria โ the classical tradition and the poet's views on philosophy, politics and art. -- II. Grillparzer and the Nineteenth Century -- The impact of the romantic school โ individualism and the emphasis of the emotions โ the classical experience and the rise of materialism โ the problem of free will โ Grillparzer's agreement and conflict with his day. -- III. The Contact with Schopenhauer -- The scientific and the contemplative approach to the world โ similarity in aesthetic principles โ the imitation of nature and the function of art โ rejection of history and the idea of progress โ the problem of justice and the state. -- IV. Inspiration โ' sammlung' and 'Begeisterung' -- Critical estimates of the inspiration theme โ analysis of the inspiration motif in the works of Grillparzer with the exception of 'Libussa'. -- The Diaries -- The Prose Writings -- The Poems -- Letters and Documents -- Youthful Attempts. Dramatic Plans and Fragments -- The Dramas -- Grillparzer's Conversations -- The Rationalistic and Intuitive Components of Inspiration -- Grillparzer's affinity with the English romanticists: Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, De Quincey โ the inspiration motif and the poet's relationship to the eighteenth and the nineteenth century. -- V. 'Libussa' โ the Last Phase of Inspiration -- The vital fifth act โ short history of the criticism of the drama โ the purported influence of Hegel and Kant โ the collectivist view โ political ideas in the play โ 'Libussa' interpreted in the light of Grillpar-zer's inspiration concept โ inspiration and Grillpar-zer's legacy on human destiny. -- >Conclusion