The Longing for Myth in Germany: Religion and Aesthetic Culture from Romanticism to Nietzsche

by George S. Williamson

Book Overview

Since the dawn of Romanticism, artists and intellectuals in Germany have maintained an abiding interest in the gods and myths of antiquity while calling for a new mythology suitable to the modern age.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226899462
• ISBN13: 9780226899466
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"