Passions of the sign : revolution and language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist /
Gailus, Andreas.
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-212) and index.
Energetic signs: autonomy and novelty in the age of revolution -- Revealing freedom: crisis and enthusiasm in Kant's philosophy of history -- Poetics of containment: Goethe's Conversations of German refugees and the crisis of communication -- Border narratives: Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas -- Conclusion: The big either.
Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811.
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Subjectivity
Subjectivity in literature.
Semiotics
German language