Musical Sublimity and Infinite Sehnsucht — E.T.A. Hoffmann on the Way from Kant to Schopenhauer
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| Publication date | 2014 |
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| Book title | Proceedings of the European Society for Aesthetics. - vol. 6 |
| Event | ESA Conference 2014 – Amsterdam: The Age of Aesthetics |
| Pages (from-to) | 344-354 |
| Publisher | Fribourg: The European Society for Aesthetics |
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| Abstract |
Kant’s criterion for a work of art to be considered beautiful was the question whether we could appreciate it for its mere form. Unfortunately, Kant had no idea about how to enjoy (or even to experience) form in music. But one of his students had, and moreover, he proceeded from enjoying the beautiful in music to recognizing music as the sublime expression of infinite longing. Thus, E.T.A. Hoffmann bridged the gap between Kant’s disregard and Schopenhauer’s glorification of music as the highest of all art forms. |
| Document type | Conference contribution |
| Language | English |
| Published at | http://www.eurosa.org/volumes/6/vanderSchootESA2014.pdf |
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