Mimesis and Its Romantic Reflections

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I฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ c o n t i n u e d ฀ o n ฀ b a c k ฀ fl฀ a p c o n t i n u e d ฀ f r o m ฀ f r o n t ฀ fl฀ a p ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀ n฀Romantic฀theories฀of฀art฀and฀litera-ture,฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀ n฀Romantic฀theories฀of฀art฀and฀litera-ture,฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀ n฀Romantic฀theories฀of฀art฀and฀litera-ture,฀ II ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀ n฀Romantic฀theories฀of฀art฀and฀litera-ture,฀ the฀notion฀of฀mimesis—defi ฀ned฀as฀art’s฀refl ฀ecthe ฀notion฀of฀mimesis—defi ฀ned฀as฀art’s฀refl ฀ection ฀of฀the฀external฀world—became฀introspective ฀and฀self-refl ฀exive฀as฀poets฀and฀artists฀sought฀ to฀represent฀the฀act฀of฀creativity฀itself.฀Frederick฀ Burwick฀seeks฀to฀elucidate฀this฀Romantic฀aesthetic ,฀fi ฀rst฀by฀offering฀an฀understanding฀of฀key฀ Romantic฀mimetic฀concepts฀and฀then฀by฀analyzing ฀manifestations฀of฀the฀mimetic฀process฀in฀ literary฀works฀of฀the฀period. Burwick฀explores฀the฀mimetic฀concepts฀of฀“art฀ for฀art’s฀sake,”฀“Idem฀et฀Alter,”฀and฀“palingenesis฀ of฀mind฀as฀art”฀by฀drawing฀on฀the฀theories฀of฀ Philo฀of฀Alexandria,฀Aristotle,฀Immanuel฀Kant,฀ Friedrich฀Schiller,฀Friedrich฀Wilhelm฀Joseph฀von฀ Schelling,฀Thomas฀De฀Quincey,฀and฀Germaine฀ de฀Staël.฀Having฀established฀the฀philosophical฀ bases฀of฀these฀key฀mimetic฀concepts,฀Burwick฀ analyzes฀manifestations฀of฀mimesis฀in฀the฀literature ฀of฀the฀period,฀including฀ekphrasis฀in฀the฀ work฀of฀Thomas฀De฀Quincey,฀mirrored฀images฀ M I M E S I S ฀฀A N D ฀฀I T S ฀฀R O M A N T I C ฀฀R E F L E C T I O N S in฀the฀poems฀of฀Samuel฀Taylor฀Coleridge฀and฀ William฀Wordsworth,฀and฀the฀twice-told฀tale฀ in฀the฀novels฀of฀Charles฀Brockden฀ Brown,฀ E.฀ T.฀A.฀Hoffmann,฀and฀James฀Hogg.฀Although฀ artists฀of฀this฀period฀have฀traditionally฀been฀ dismissed฀in฀discussions฀of฀mimesis,฀Burwick฀ demonstrates฀that฀mimetic฀concepts฀comprised฀ a฀major฀component฀of฀the฀Romantic฀aesthetic. F R E D E R I C K ฀ B U R W I C K ฀ is฀Professor฀of฀English฀at฀the฀University฀of฀California ,฀Los฀Angeles.฀His฀previous฀books฀include฀ Illusion฀and฀the฀Drama:฀Critical฀Theory฀of฀the฀ Illusion฀and฀the฀Drama:฀Critical฀Theory฀of฀the฀ Enlightenment฀and฀Romantic฀Era฀(1991)฀and฀ Enlightenment฀and฀Romantic฀Era Enlightenment฀and฀Romantic฀Era Poetic฀Madness฀and฀the฀Romantic฀Imagination (1996),฀winner฀of฀the฀American฀Conference฀on฀ Romanticism Book฀Prize,฀both฀published฀by฀ Penn฀State฀Press. L I T E R A T U R E A฀rich฀and฀meticulous฀study.฀With฀range฀and฀rigor,฀Burwick฀probes฀the฀ origins—philosophical,฀aesthetic,฀and฀literary—of฀developing฀subjectivist฀ mimeses฀in฀the฀literature฀and฀theory฀of฀the฀Romantic฀period.”฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ —John฀L.฀Mahoney,฀Boston฀College B urwick P E N N S T A T E P R E S S M I M E S I S ฀ ฀ AND ฀฀ ITS ฀฀ ROMANTIC ฀฀ REFLECTIONS T H E ฀ P E N N S Y L V A N I A ฀ S T A T E ฀ U N I V E R S I T Y ฀ P R E S S U N I V E R S I T Y ฀ P A R K , ฀ P E N N S Y L V A N I A ฀ ฀ ฀ W W W . P S U P R E S S . O R G ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ISBN฀฀0-271-02037-7 ,!7IA2H1-acadhc!:t;K;k;K;k “ JACKET฀ ILLUSTRATION:฀David฀Allan,฀The฀Origin฀of฀Painting ,฀oil฀on฀canvas,฀1773.฀Courtesy฀the฀National฀Galleries฀ ing ing of฀Scotland. F R E D E R I C K ฀ B U R W I C K F r e d e r i c k ฀ B u r w i c k ...