Essayistik als Selbsttechnik
Subtitle: Wahrheitspraxis im Zeitalter der Aufklärung
By: [von] Nina Hahne
Series: Hallesche Beiträge zur europäischen Aufklärung. Schriftenreihe des interdisziplinären Zentrums für die Erforschung der europäischen Aufklärung -- 53
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: ger
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9783110378689
Subjects: 18th century; Enlightenment; Subjectivity in literature; European essays; History and criticism
Description: "The essay became popular in Europe during the 18th century. From early "edifying weeklies" and to the journals published around 1800, the essay served an emergent bourgeois audience as a means of critical reflection. For the first time, this study applies textual analysis to show that essay writers during the Enlightenment conceived of the essay as a technology of the self. It traces the forms of subjectivity developed through essayistic writing" --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.