Schiller’s Essay “Über Anmut und Würde” as Rhetorical Philosophy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Notes on References and List of Abbreviations viii
5. Introduction 1
6. The Cultural Context
7. Schiller’s Essay “Über Anmut und Würde” as Rhetorical Philosophy 19
8. Schiller as Citizen of His Time 37
9. Sensuous-Objective: Beauty in the Realm of Human Freedom: On the Language of Concepts in Schiller’s Essay “On Grace and Dignity” 55
10. From Romantic Dream to Idyllic Tragedy: Idealism and Realism in Schiller’s Dramas, Before and After Kant 81
11. The Poet as Herald of Grace and Dignity: The Influence of Schiller’s Twin Concepts on Stefan George 105
12. The Text
13. On Grace and Dignity 121
14. Ueber Anmuth und Würde 171
15. Contributors 223
16. Index 225