The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism (SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory) - Hardcover

"There is growing interest In early German Romanticism, and no one has done more for this development than Manfred Frank. Unfortunately, most of his work has been untranslated. Elizabeth Millan-Zalbert's translation Is therefore a very welcome and Important event, and everyone with an Interest In the philosophical roots of Romanticism will want to read it."

Often portrayed as a movement of poets lost in swells of passion, early German Romanticism has been generally overlooked by scholars in favor of the great system-builders of the post-Kantian period, Schelling and Hegel. In the twelve lectures collected here, Manfred Frank redresses this oversight, offering an in-depth exploration of the philosophical contributions and contemporary relevance of early German Romanticism. Arguing that the early German Romantics initiated an original movement away from idealism, Frank brings the leading figures of the movement, Friedrich Schlegel and Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis), into concert with contemporary philosophical developments, and explores the role that Friedrich Hölderlin and other members of the Homburg Circle had upon the development of early German Romantic philosophy.