The Feeling of the Form: Empathy and Aesthetics from Büchner to Rilke - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joseph R. MetzSeries:Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and ThoughtPublish date:11/15/2025Pages:342
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University Press and Cornell UniversiISBN-13:9781501783593ISBN-10:1501783599UPC:9781501783593Book Category:Literary Criticism, Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, Aesthetics, EuropeBook Topic:German, GermanySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCM495MYSX
The Feeling of the Form: Empathy and Aesthetics from Büchner to Rilke
The Feeling of the Form explores the concept of Einfuehlung--the projection of human feelings and life into inanimate forms--developed by German aesthetic theorists in the late nineteenth century. The word would be translated into English as "empathy" and migrate in meaning from the aesthetic to the interpersonal sphere. Combining close analysis and cultural "para-history," The Feeling of the...
Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University Press and Cornell UniversiISBN-13:9781501783593ISBN-10:1501783599UPC:9781501783593Book Category:Literary Criticism, Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:European, Aesthetics, EuropeBook Topic:German, GermanySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCM495MYSX
Joseph R. Metz is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Utah.
Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi
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