The exotic : a decadent quest /
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| Author / Creator: | Figueira, Dorothy Matilda, 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994. |
| Description: | viii, 300 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series, the margins of literature |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1592481 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Exoticism: Model for Inspiration or Alibi for Despair?
- 1. The Dynamics of Exoticism: Herder's Epigram and Gunderrode's Epitaph
- 2. Rationalist Heroes and Irrational Victims: Satis, Bayaderas, and Pariahs
- Part II. The Politics of Language and the Politics of Exoticism
- Introduction
- 3. The Politics of Exoticism: Friedrich Schlegel's Metaphorical Pilgrimage to India
- 4. Scholarly Collusion and the Ethos of Despair: The Initial Reception of the Bhagavad Gita
- Part III. The Poetics of Despair: Irrational Responses to Exoticism
- Introduction
- 5. The German Quest for Nirvana
- 6. Neantisme
- 7. Indian Thought and the Formation of Aryan Ideology: Aryans, Tschandalen, and the Lunatic Fringe
- Concluding Remarks
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index