German Ideals of to Day And Other Essays On German Culture
The book German Ideals of to Day And Other Essays On German Culture was written by author Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 Here you can read free online of German Ideals of to Day And Other Essays On German Culture book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is German Ideals of to Day And Other Essays On German Culture a good or bad book?
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But the intellectual significance of this book is more than temporary. It is an achievement that opens up new paths. It is the first book to show in a comprehensive manner the great variety of tragic types, the many transitions which lead from the least developed to the most complete forms of tragic emotion ; it is 1 Cf. Ernst Elster, Prinzipien der Liter aturwissenschaft, 1897. GERMAN LITERARY CRITICISM 175 the first successful attempt to break away en- tirely from aesthetic canons which since... the days of the Renaissance, chiefly by means of a too rigid application of Aristotelean prin- ciples, have held the theory of tragedy within narrow and artificial limits. In short, it is nothing more nor less than a revision of the theory of tragic sensations from the evolu- tionary point of view. I shall try to bring out this essentially evolutionary nature of Volkelt's investigation by considering his answers to the following questions: (1) Is sublimity of character a necessary element of the tragic hero ?
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