The Harz Journey and Selected Prose

The Harz Journey and Selected Prose

The Harz Journey and Selected Prose

The Harz Journey and Selected Prose

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Overview

A poet whose verse inspired music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was in his lifetime equally admired for his elegant prose. This collection charts the development of that prose, beginning with three meditative works from the Travel Pictures, inspired by Heine's journeys as a young man to Lucca, Venice and the Harz Mountains. Exploring the development of spirituality, the later On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany spans the earliest religious beliefs of the Germanic people to the philosophy of Hegel, and warns with startling force of the dangers of yielding to 'primeval Germanic paganism'. Finally, the Memoirs consider Heine's Jewish heritage and describe his early childhood. As rich in humour, satire, lyricism and anger as his greatest poems, together the pieces offer a fascinating insight into a brilliant and prophetic mind.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780141915623
Publisher: Penguin UK
Publication date: 06/29/2006
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 368
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Ritchie Robertson (External Editor, Introducer, Translator)
Ritchie Robertson is Taylor Professor of German at the University of Oxford. He is a member of the board of the Voltaire Foundation which promotes research on the Enlightenment, and is a frequent reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement.

Table of Contents


Introduction     1
Note on the Text     25
Further Reading     26
Table of Dates     28
The Harz Journey     31
Ideas: The Book of Le Grand     89
The Town of Lucca     145
Differing Conceptions of History     193
On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany     197
Memoirs     295
Notes     339
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