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the look of things university of north carolina studies in the germanic languages and literatures Initiatedbyrichard jente(1949–1952), establishedbyf. e. coenen(1952–1968), continuedbysiegfried mews(1968–1980), richard h. lawson(1980–1985),and paul t. roberge(1985–2000) jonathan m. hess,Editor PublicationCommittee:DepartmentofGermanicLanguages 122 jane o. newman.TheInterventionofPhilology:Gender,Learning, andPowerinLohenstein’sRomanPlays.2000.Pp.xviii,228. 123 james f. poag and claire baldwin, eds.TheConstructionof TextualAuthorityinGermanLiteratureoftheMedievalandEarly ModernPeriods.2001.Pp.xiv,290. 124 william collins donahue.TheEndofModernism:Elias Canetti’s‘‘Auto-da-Fé.’’2001.Pp.xviii,283. 125 gerhard richter, ed.LiteraryPaternity,LiteraryFriendship: EssaysinHonorofStanleyCorngold.2002.Pp.xii,415. 126 carsten strathausen.TheLookofThings:PoetryandVision around1900.2003.Pp.xiv,325. Sendordersto: TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress PostOfficeBox2288,ChapelHill,NC27515-2288 Forothervolumesinthe‘‘Studies’’seepages323–25. Number One Hundred and Twenty-Six university of north carolina studies in the germanic languages and literatures The Look of Things Poetry and Vision around 1900 carsten strathausen TheUniversityof NorthCarolinaPress ChapelHill&London 2003 ©2003 LibraryofCongress TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Allrightsreserved Strathausen,Carsten. ManufacturedintheUnitedStates Thelookofthings:poetryandvision ofAmerica around1900/byCarstenStrathausen. p.cm.—(UniversityofNorthCarolina Thepaperinthisbookmeetsthe studiesintheGermaniclanguagesand guidelinesforpermanenceanddurability literatures;no.126) oftheCommitteeonProduction Includesbibliographicalreferences GuidelinesforBookLongevityofthe andindex. CouncilonLibraryResources. isbn0-8078-8126-0(alk.paper) 1.Germanpoetry—20thcentury—History andcriticism. 2.Germanpoetry—19th century—Historyandcriticism. 3.Rilke, RainerMaria,1875–1926—Criticismand interpretation. 4.Hofmannsthal,Hugo von,1874–1929—Criticismandinterpre- tation. 5.George,StefanAnton,1868– 1933—Criticismandinterpretation. 6.Aestheticism(Literature) I.Title. II.Series. pt551.s77 2003 831'.91209—dc21 2002152317 07 06 05 04 03 5 4 3 2 1 ToValerieandClara contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 PartI 1. TheSpeakingGazeofModernity 35 2. IntuitionandLanguage 73 Excursus MethodsofReading 107 PartII 3. Aestheticism,Romanticism,andtheBodyofLanguage 137 4. HofmannsthalandtheVoiceofLanguage 146 5. Rilke’sStereoscopicVision 190 6. OtherasSame:ThePoliticsoftheGeorgeCircle 237 Notes 275 WorksCited 297 Index 311

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