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Examines various forms of the middle (such as the medium, moderation, and mediocrity) that re-negotiated in the writings of British and German romanticism, along with a consideration of how our own relationship to romanticism is influenced by its medial thinking.

Table of Contents

Introduction | 1
1. Parenthyrsos: On the Medium of the Sublime | 17
2. The Medium Eats the Message: Mediatization
and Force in Kleist’s “Michael Kohlhaas” | 38
3. Radically Neutral: Hegel, Haiti, Kleist | 71
4. Love Language: Plato, Shelley, Schlegel | 104
5. This Is (Not) a Joint: Two Readings of Friedrich Hölderlin | 127
6. Lyric Meditude: On Hölderlin and Ashbery | 154
After Words | 173
Acknowledgments | 187
Notes | 189
Works Cited | 217
Index | 233

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    Publisher: Fordham University Press
    Publication Date: 02/06/2020
    ISBN13: 9780823288410, 978-0823288410
    ISBN10: 0823288412
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Examines various forms of the middle (such as the medium, moderation, and mediocrity) that re-negotiated in the writings of British and German romanticism, along with a consideration of how our own relationship to romanticism is influenced by its medial thinking.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction | 1
    1. Parenthyrsos: On the Medium of the Sublime | 17
    2. The Medium Eats the Message: Mediatization
    and Force in Kleist’s “Michael Kohlhaas” | 38
    3. Radically Neutral: Hegel, Haiti, Kleist | 71
    4. Love Language: Plato, Shelley, Schlegel | 104
    5. This Is (Not) a Joint: Two Readings of Friedrich Hölderlin | 127
    6. Lyric Meditude: On Hölderlin and Ashbery | 154
    After Words | 173
    Acknowledgments | 187
    Notes | 189
    Works Cited | 217
    Index | 233

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