Poetry as a Way of Life: Aesthetics and Askesis in the German Eighteenth Century
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810130092 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Poetic Exercises for Better Living Norman Lee Relying on Holderlin, Novalis, and rococo poets, Professor Trop's book is an excellent resource for scholars to help conceptualize a set of "exercises" to use poetry to find meaning, to stimulate perspectives, and to lighten one's psycho-social burdens in life.
Engaging in close readings of works by both canonical and less well-known eighteenth-century German poets such as Friedrich Holderlin, Novalis, Friedrich von Hagedorn, and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Gabriel Trop illustrates the ways in which these authors tap into the potential of poetic form to redefine the limits of human perception and generate alternative ways of being in the world.. What would it mean to make a work of art the focal point of one’s life practice? Poetry as a Way of Life goes back to the origins of aesthetics as a philosophical discipline in the early eighteenth century in order to uncover an understanding of the work of art as an exercise of the self
"In this study, Trop investigates poetry's effect on ways of perceiving the world and ways poetic texts can be the focal point in one's practice of life. Summing Up: Recommended." —CHOICE