Dilettantism and Its Values: From Weimar Classicism to the Fin De Siecle

by Richard Hibbitt

Overview

This book provides the first book-length comparative analysis of the concept of dilettantism. It shows how French nineteenth-century uses of the concept dissolved the Weimar Classicist distinction between dilettantism and art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781904350552
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2006
Series:	Studies In Comparative Literature Series , #9
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Hibbitt is Lecturer in Modern French Literature at the University of York.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Etymology of the Term and its Initial Usage in German 2. The Dilettantism Project and the Question of Goethe's Dilettantism 3. Dilettantism between Weimar Classicism and the fin de siècle 4. The Dilettante as Sceptic: Paul Bourget's Initial Conception of Dilettantism 5. The Concept of Dilettantism in the 1880s 6. The Concept of Dilettantism in the 1890s 7. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

This study explores, with great erudition, the hitherto unknown faces of the dilettante, revealing an intriguing complexity. Hibbitt succeeds in showing how this "empty figure" can, thanks to his openness, mirror the concerns of different times and cultures.

224 Forum for Modern Language Studies

This study explores, with great erudition, the hitherto unknown faces of the dilettante, revealing an intriguing complexity. Hibbitt succeeds in showing how this "empty figure" can, thanks to his openness, mirror the concerns of different times and cultures.

Forum for Modern Language Studies