Kosegarten's Cultural Legacy: Aesthetics, Religion, Literature, Art, and Music

Download or read book Kosegarten's Cultural Legacy: Aesthetics, Religion, Literature, Art, and Music written by Lewis Holmes and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ludwig Gotthard (Theobul) Kosegarten (1758-1818), whose books were burned by German nationalists in 1817, has for many years been seen as a pariah figure by German literary scholars. Only recently has his influence on cultural icons such as the composer Franz Schubert and the painter Caspar David Friedrich become more clearly defined. This companion volume to Lewis M. Holmes's Kosegarten: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Northern German Poet (Peter Lang, 2004) explores Kosegarten's contributions to aesthetics, theology, and literature, as well as the broad reception of his works by other writers, artists, and musicians. Extensive historical and cultural contextualization make Kosegarten's Cultural Legacy a valuable resource for university-level courses, especially in the areas of music, art, religion, and literature.