Dynamism, Agency, Interaction—An Introduction to Forces of Nature in German Romantic Literature and Sciences

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Content 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. Dynamism, Agency, Interaction—An Introduction to Forces of Nature in German Romantic Literature and Sciences 9
5. Patterns, Practices, Ethics
6. “Bewegung[s]Veränderungskunst”. Mechanics and the Force of Rhythm ca. 1800 (Klopstock, Sulzer, A.W. Schlegel, Novalis) 35
7. The Moral Force of Art. Karl Philipp Moritz on Formative Imitation and Bildung 57
8. Practices of Translation, or: How Literature Became the Vital Force of Life 79
9. Imagination, Sensation, Mediation
10. Dynamic Perceptions. Forces of Nature and Powers of the Senses in Schelling, Novalis and Günderrode 101
11. Daimonic Energies in Hölderlin’s Tod des Empedokles 127
12. “Fire Machines”. Heinrich von Ofterdingen and the Transformation of Forces 147
13. Bodies, Powers, Conflicts
14. Thirsting for Blood. Romanticizing vis medicatrix naturae in Romantic Medicine and E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Ignaz Denner 171
15. Nature’s Say. Negotiating the Human-Nature-Continuum in Ludwig Tieck’s Der Runenberg 205
16. Homeopathy’s Dynamic Forces 227
17. List of Contributors 251
18. Index 255