We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
A Precarious Balance: Adorno and German Classicism.
- Authors
Hohendahl, Peter Uwe
- Abstract
The article discusses German philosopher Theodor Adorno and his 1960s essay "On the Classicism of Goethe's 'Iphigenie'." The author suggests that Adorno criticized German classicism and post-World War II literary criticism. Other topics include Adorno's essays "On the Crisis of Literary Criticism" and "On Tradition," Adorno's thoughts on the relevance of literature, the use of literary history in National Socialism, and scholars Emil Staiger and Arthur Henkel on author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- Subjects
ADORNO, Theodor W., 1903-1969; LITERARY criticism; CLASSICISM in literature; GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832; IPHIGENIE (Theatrical production); NATIONAL socialism &; literature; STAIGER, Emil; HENKEL, Arthur
- Publication
New Literary History, 2011, Vol 42, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0028-6087
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/nlh.2011.0006