文档介绍：THE LITERARY ABSOLUTE
The Theory of Literature in German Romanticism
PHILIPPE LACOUE-LABARTHE and JEAN-LUC NANCYTranslated with an
Introduction and Additional Notes by Philip Barnard and Cheryl Lester
State University of New York Press
Originally published as L'ABSOLU LITTERAIRE
© 1978, Editions du Seuil
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lacoue-Labarthe, Philippe.
The literary absolute.
(Intersections)
Translation of: L'absolu littéraire.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Romanticism -- Germany. 2. German literature -18th century -- History and criticism. 3. German literature --
19th century -- History and criticism. 4. Criticism -Germany -- History. 5. Philosophy, German -- 18th century. 6.
Philosophy, German -- 19th century. 7. Idealism, German -- History -- 18th century. 8. Idealism, German -History
-- 19th century. I. Nancy, Jean-Luc. II. Title. III. Series: Intersections ( Albany, .)
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Contents
Translators' Introduction: The Presentation of
Romantic Literature vii
Note on the Text xxi
Preface: The Literary Absolute 1
Chronology 19
Summary of the Athenaeum 23
Overture: The System-Subject 27
1. The Fragment: The Fragmentary Exigency 39
2. The Idea: Religion within the Limits of Art 59
Appendix: Note on Heinz Widerporst's Epicurean
Confession of Faith 79
3. The Poem: A Nameless Art 81
4. Criticism: The For