German Romanticism and Science Routledge Studies in Romanticism 1. Keats’s Boyish Imagination 9. Thomas De Quincey Richard Marggraf Turley New Theoretical and Critical Directions Edited by Robert Morrison and 2. Leigh Hunt Daniel Sanjiv Roberts Life, Poetics, Politics Edited by Nicholas Roe 10. Romanticism and Visuality Fragments, History, Spectacle 3. Leigh Hunt and the London Sophie Thomas Literary Scene A Reception History of his Major 11. Romanticism, History, Works, 1805–1828 Historicism Michael Eberle-Sinatra Essays on an Orthodoxy Edited by Damian Walford Davies 4. Tracing Women’s Romanticism Gender, History and Transcendence 12. The Meaning of “Life” in Kari E. Lokke Romantic Poetry and Poetics Edited by Ross Wilson 5. Metaphysical Hazlitt Bicentenary Essays 13. German Romanticism Uttara Natarajan, Tom Paulin and and Science Duncan Wu The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter 6. Romantic Genius and the Jocelyn Holland Literary Magazine Biography, Celebrity, Politics David Higgins 7. Romantic Representations of British India Edited by Michael Franklin 8. Sympathy and the State in the Romantic Era Systems, State Finance, and the Shadows of Futurity Robert Mitchell German Romanticism and Science The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter Jocelyn Holland New York London First published 2009 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. © 2009 Taylor & Francis All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereaf- ter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trade- marks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Holland, Jocelyn, 1973– German romanticism and science : the procreative poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter / Jocelyn Holland. p. cm. — (Routledge studies in romanticism ; 13) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Novalis, 1772–1801—Criticism and interpretation. 3. Ritter, Johann Wilhelm, 1776–1810— Criticism and interpretation. 4. German literature—18th century—History and criticism. 5. Romanticism—Germany. 6. Human reproduction in literature. 7. Literature and science. I. Title. PT2213.H65 2009 830.9'145—dc22 2008044843 ISBN 0-203-87901-5 Master e-book ISBN ISBN10: 0-415-99326-1 (hbk) ISBN10: 0-203-87901-5 (ebk) ISBN13: 978-0-415-99326-5 (hbk) ISBN13: 978-0-203-87901-6 (ebk) Bianca Theisen, in memoriam Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Poetic Procreation and Goethe’s Theory of Metamorphosis 19 3 Friedrich von Hardenberg and the Discourse of Procreation 56 4 The Poet as Artisan and the Instruments of Procreation 85 5 Johann Wilhelm Ritter and the Writing of Life 113 6 Procreative Thinking—Scientifi c Projects 134 Conclusion 157 Notes 165 Bibliography 209 Index 219 Acknowledgments I cannot express the extent of my gratitude to those who helped me com- plete this manuscript. To my parents, John and Jeanne Holland; to my dis- sertation advisors, Rüdiger Campe and Bianca Theisen; to my colleagues at UCSB, to my friends, and to Gil: thank you!
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