A Companion to the Works of Johann Gottfried Herder - Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction / Hans Adler, Wulf Koepke -- 1. Herder's Life and Works / Steven D. Martinson -- 2. Herder's Epistemology / Marion Heinz, Heinrich Clairmont -- 3. Herder and Historical Metanarrative: What's Philosophical about History? / John Zammito -- 4. Herder's Concept of Humanitat / Hans Adler -- 5. Herder and Language / Jurgen Trabant -- 6. Herder's Aesthetics and Poetics / Stefan Greif -- 7. Myth, Mythology, New Mythology / Ulrich Gaier -- 8. Particular Universals: Herder on National Literature, Popular Literature, and World Literature / Karl Menges -- 9. Herder's Views on the Germans and Their Future Literature / Wulf Koepke -- 10. Herder's Biblical Studies / Christoph Bultmann -- 11. Herder's Theology / Martin Kessler -- 12. Herder and Politics / Arnd Bohm -- 13. Herder's Poetic Works, His Translations, and His Views on Poetry / Gerhard Sauder -- 14. Herder's Style / Hans Adler -- 15. Herder as Critical Contemporary / Robert E. Norton -- 16. Herder in Office: His Duties as Superintendent of Schools / Harro Muller-Michaels -- 17. Herder's Reception and Influence / Gunter Arnold, Kurt Kloocke, Ernest A. Menze -- Bibliography -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index. Review Quotes: All the essays represent the height of current research.. A work like this one does not exist in the German language! ARBITRIUM Until now, anyone looking for a comprehensive introduction to the life and thought of Herder had few options; with their co-edited (volume) however, Hans Adler and Wulf Koepke have identified a need for a general(ist) presentation of his ideas--and satisfied it. JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES Not since the appearance of Clark's monumental Herder: His Life and Thought has anyone produced a Herder study of this scope in English. The list of the 19 contributors of the 17 essays reads like a Who's Who of Herder scholarship.. Several features make this meticulously edited collection particularly attractive. The texts, including those translated, are in clear and readable English. All Herder quotations are given in German and English.. In sum, on all counts this is an impressive, important addition to the growing body of Herder scholarship. CHOICE The first English-language introduction that presents the work of Johann Gottfried Herder in all the richness of its many facets. . . . The thoroughly edited volume is doubtless well-placed to promote the knowledge of Herder's body of work in the Anglo-Saxon world. GERMANISTIK The essays offer not so much introductions as summative explorations of the current state of knowledge of Herder.. (A) well-conceived and well-executed companion. H-NET GERMAN REVIEWSPublisher Marketing: These specially commissioned essays provide an in-depth scholarly introduction to the great thinker of the European Enlightenment. Review Citations:

Choice 09/01/2009 (EAN 9781571133953, Hardcover)

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Contributor Bio:  Adler, Hans University of WisconsinContributor Bio:  Koepke, Wulf Recently retired as Distinguished Professor of German, Texas A and M University.