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Henry Crabb Robinson in Germany
Eugene Stelzig
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Description for Henry Crabb Robinson in Germany
hardcover. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867) spent five years in Germany (1800-1805) and became deeply informed about its Romantic literature and philosophy, then at its height in that country. In the course of his enthusiastic embrace of the German language and culture, Robinson built up an intellectual and literary capital that he would draw on for the rest of his long life. The main thrust of this critical and biographical study is to demonstrate that Robinson is an important nineteenth-century life writer, and that his autobiographical writings, a large portion of which are still in manuscript, deserve to be taken seriously by ... Read more
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867) spent five years in Germany (1800-1805) and became deeply informed about its Romantic literature and philosophy, then at its height in that country. In the course of his enthusiastic embrace of the German language and culture, Robinson built up an intellectual and literary capital that he would draw on for the rest of his long life. The main thrust of this critical and biographical study is to demonstrate that Robinson is an important nineteenth-century life writer, and that his autobiographical writings, a large portion of which are still in manuscript, deserve to be taken seriously by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
137
Condition
New
Number of Pages
137
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483505
SKU
V9781611483505
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About Eugene Stelzig
Eugene Stelzig is distinguished teaching professor of English at SUNY Geneseo.
Reviews for Henry Crabb Robinson in Germany
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867) is perhaps best known for his profiles of prominent men of letters in his, but Stelzig (English, State U. of New York at Geneseo) argues that he deserves to be considered in his own right as an important 'life writer' (i.e. a producer of writings that inscribe subjectivity, which includes autobiographies, diaries, journals, memoirs, and letters) ... Read more