Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Frequently Cited Texts and Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction “What is Early German Romanticism?” 1
6. On Early German Romanticism as an Essentially Skeptical Movement 23
7. On the Historical Origins of Novalis’ Critique of Fichte 39
8. On the Unknowability of the Absolute 55
9. On the Search for the Unconditioned 77
10. On Hölderlin’s Disagreement with Schelling’s Ich-Schrift 97
11. On Hölderlin’s Critique of Fichte 113
12. On Isaac von Sinclair 127
13. On Jakob Zwilling’s Über das Alles 141
14. On Novalis’ Pivotal Role in Early German Romanticism 151
15. On Friedrich Schlegel’s Place in the Jena Constellation 177
16. On the Origins of Schlegel’s Talk of a Wechselerweis and His Move Away from a Philosophy of First Principles 191
17. On Schlegel’s Role in the Genesis of Early German Romantic Theory of Art 201
18. Notes 221
19. Glossary 251
20. Bibliography 255
21. Index 277