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Abstract
This article asks how Goethe and Schiller’s works in Die Horen, in the shadow of the French Revolution and the ‘émigré question’, prefigured the concerns of later exile writing. It asks how far they established principles of ‘intellectual exile’ that have gained currency in the writings of Edward Said and Vilém Flusser. It compares Schiller’s Ästhetische Briefe with Adorno’s reception of them; it examines concepts of exile in Goethe’s ‘Erste Epistel’ and Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten. Finally, it asks how elegy fits into a poetics of exile. The article suggests a fresh perspective on Weimar Classicism, and widened scope for Exilforschung.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 751-787 |
Number of pages | 37 |
Journal | Modern Language Review |
Volume | 114 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2019 |
Structured keywords
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
Keywords
- exile
- exile writing
- Schiller, Friedrich
- Goethe
- Die Horen
- French Revolution
- émigrés
- Aesthetic Letters
- Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten
- Adorno, Theodor
- Said, Edward
- Flusser, Vilém
- elegy
- Weimar Classicism
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Projects
- 1 Finished
Activities
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Disengaged Engagement: German Literature and the French Revolution in the 1790s
Steffan G Davies (Invited speaker)
2 Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk
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AGS: Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland
Steffan G Davies (Participant)
6 Sep 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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German Research Seminar: 'Weimar Classicism and Exile: Schiller, Goethe and Die Horen'
Steffan G Davies (Speaker)
16 Nov 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk
Profiles
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Dr Steffan G Davies
- Department of German - Senior Lecturer in German
- Reception
Person: Academic , Member