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Name: Exotic
Brand: State University of New York Press
SKU: 04698542
Price: 41.72 EUR
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Author: Dorothy Matilda Figueira
ISBN: 9780791416303

A Decadent Quest

Dorothy Matilda Figueira

Language

English

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Libristo code: 04698542

Publishers State University of New York Press, September 1994

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Exoticism: Model for Inspiration or Alibi for Despair? 1. The... Full description

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Exoticism: Model for Inspiration or Alibi for Despair?

1. The Dynamics of Exoticism: Herder's Epigram and Gunderrode's Epitaph

2. Rationalist Heroes and Irrational Victims: Satis, Bayaderas, and Pariahs

Part II: The Politics of Language and the Politics of Exoticism

Introduction

3. The Politics of Exoticism: Friedrich Schlegel's Metaphorical Pilgrimage to India

4. Scholarly Collusion and the Ethos of Despair: The Initial Reception of the Bhagavad Gita

Part III: The Poetics of Despair: Irrational Responses to Exoticism

Introduction

5. The German Quest for Nirvana

6. Neantisme

7. Indian Thought and the Formation of Aryan Ideology: Aryans, Tschandalen, and the Lunatic Fringe

Concluding Remarks

Notes

Bibliography

Index