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Nicholls's excellent monograph must surely be the most comprehensive and the most analytic discussion of the daemonic to date....Nicholls has provided a study that is...truly inspiring. * JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES *
Nicholls outlines with unusual erudition and broad knowledge of the subject matter the tension between the subjective and objective in Goethe's concept of the demonic. * GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW *
[A] well-thought out and well-written book. Nicholls is able to summarize the vast corpus of Goethe scholarship, while at the same time offering new interpretations of several well-known works. * NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY *
Nicholls argues that the daemonic is not simply of bibliographical significance but was a philosophical concern for Goethe which he brought to bear on a range of contemporary debates.... [T]he concept of the daemonic deserves attention in our time when rationality is in crisis. * FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES *
In this solidly researched book, which represents a significant contribution to our understanding of `Goethe's concept of the daemonic,' Nicholls offers the reader many stimulating insights and viewpoints. * GOETHE JAHRBUCH *
The story of Goethe's turn from the Geniezeit to classicism has been told many times before, but seldom in such philosophical detail or with such a range of references to European intellectual history. * MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW *
...Nicholls's intelligent and deeply researched book opens new windows onto Goethe's philosophical return to the daemonic throughout his works. It is a major contribution to scholarship, and will doubtless inspire new readings of individual works as well as of the dynamic links in Goethe between philosophy, science, literature, and aesthetics. * GERMAN QUARTERLY *
Nicholls's intelligent and deeply researched book opens new windows onto Goethe's philosophical return to the daemonic throughout his works. It is a major contribution to scholarship, and will doubtless inspire new readings of individual works.. * GERMAN QUARTERLY *
Book Information
ISBN 9781571133076
Author Angus Nicholls
Format Hardback
Page Count 325
Imprint Camden House Inc
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g