The Expressionist Moment: Heym, Trakl and the Problem of the Modern

Hugo Friedrich's genealogical and normative theory of modern poetry is contrasted with Michel Foucault's essentially static formulations of man's self-creating posture at the centre of a world without transcendence. The role of history and history- making in the modern consciousness i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James Rolleston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1976-01-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
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Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol1/iss1/5