Patrick Bridgwater Libros

Focusing on Arthur Schopenhauer's perceptions of England, this work explores the influences that shaped his views, particularly his visit to the country in 1803. It delves into the philosophical and cultural contexts that informed Schopenhauer's thoughts, offering insights into how his experiences in England contributed to his overall philosophy. The book provides a unique perspective on the intersection of travel and intellectual development in the life of this renowned German philosopher.

Selected for its cultural significance, this work contributes to the foundational knowledge of civilization. It offers insights that are valuable for understanding historical contexts and societal development, making it an important resource for scholars and readers interested in the evolution of human thought and culture.

Originally published in 1985, this book is a survey of the most significant work of German writers of WWI. Including (in both German and English) the texts of the main poems discussed, this book contains many not readily available elsewhere. Authors discussed include Trakl, Rile and George as well as others.

The first full-length study of the main German contributors to the Gothic canon, to each of whom a chapter is devoted, The German Gothic Novel in Anglo-German Perspective is an original historical and comparative study that goes well beyond the necessary review of the evidence to include much new material, many new insights and pieces of analysis, and some fundamental changes of perspective. The book aims to put the record straight in bibliographical and literary historical terms, and to act as a reference guide to facilitate future research, so that anyone working on the German Gothic novel or on Anglo-German interactions in the field of Gothic, will find there references to all the relevant secondary literature. The German Gothic Novel in Anglo-German Perspective is addressed to Germanists, but also to teachers and students of English, American and comparative literature, for there is at present hardly a 'hotter' subject than Gothic. The book's emphasis on the Gothic work of canonica

Kafka, Gothic and Fairytale is an original comparative study of the novels and some of the related shorter punishment fantasies in terms of their relationship to the Gothic and fairytale conventions. It is an absorbing subject and one which, while keeping to the basic facts of his life, mind-set and literary method, shows Kafka’s work in a genuinely new light. The contradiction between his persona with its love of fairytale and his shadow with its affinity with Gothic is reflected in his work, which is both Gothic and other than Gothic, both fairytale-like and the every denial of fairytale. Important subtexts of the book are the close connexion between Gothic and fairytale and between both of these and the dream. German text is quoted in translation unless the emphasis is on the meaning of individual words or phrases, in which case the words in question are quoted and their English meanings discussed. This means that readers without German can, for the first time, begin to understand the underlying ambiguity of Kafka’s major fictions. The book is addressed to all who are interested in the meaning of his work and its place in literary history, but also to the many readers in the English and German-speaking worlds who share the author’s enthusiasm for Gothic and fairytale.

"What did the main 'aesthetic' writers of late nineteenth-century Britain make of German literature, and how in turn did Germany react to them? The impact of Anglo-Scottish art nouveau in fin-de-siecle Austria and Germany made it predictable that Keats, Pater and Rossetti, among others, would be well received, but no one could have known in advance that by the time of their deaths Swinburne and Wilde would be more highly regarded in Germany than in Britain." "Bridgwater's study casts new light on the central cultural issues of the day, including ideas of morality, truth and subjectivism in art, comparing Patar and Wilde with Nietzsche, and George Moore, that chameleon of the decadent nineties, with Schopenhauer."--Jacket

Georg Heym (1887-1912) rebelled against his conservative background--his father was a Prussian, legal official--and was an explosive presence in Berlin bohemian circles from 1910 until his early death. Shortly before, in a review of the only volume of his poetry published in his lifetime, a Berlin critic likened him to Arthur Rimbaud and named him the most outstanding young poet in Germany. Heym is celebrated for his concentrated, tightly-strung poetry which contains