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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
      Published 2 June 2020
      ISBN-13 9780823288410
      978-0823288410
      ISBN-10 0823288412
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      Literary theory Idealism Media studies

      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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