The specular moment: Goethe's early lyric and the beginnings of romanticism

Abstract

Note on abbreviations Part I. The Specular Moment: 1. Idyllic and lyric intimacy 2. the crisis of vision 3. Transcendental etudes Part II. The Sexualization of Specularity: 4. The originary donation 5. Genius and the wounded subject of modernity Part III. The Myth of Lyric Voice 6. Primordial orality 7. Primordial song Part IV. Poetic Vocation: 8. Hermeneutics and the origin of humanity 9. The sublime Notes Index.