Worte wie Waffen: Krieg und Romantik

By (author) Martina Lüke Series edited by Thomas F. Schneider

Book cover: Worte wie Waffen: Krieg und Romantik

Extent: 371 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: German Studies, Literary Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(April 2013)

ISBN: 9783847100713

6.42 x 9.65 inches

Price: $99.00

Out of stock

Most literary works of German Romantics reflect a fascination with warfare, military and political crises, and conflict as well as an interest in the development of modern thought about war. This analysis explores for the first time the representations of war as debated in literary, military, and political texts of the educated German aristocracy and bourgeoisie around 1800.


Most literary works of German Romantics reflect a fascination with warfare, military and political crises, and conflict as well as an interest in the development of modern thought about war. This analysis explores for the first time the representations of war as debated in literary, military, and political texts of the educated German aristocracy and bourgeoisie around 1800. Selected writings by Romantic writers Friedrich von Hardenberg/Novalis, Heinrich von Kleist, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Theodor Korner, Max von Schenkendorf and Joseph von Eichendorff as well as works on military theory by authors such as Carl von Clausewitz, Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst, Hermann von Boyen, August Wilhelm Anton Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Immanuel Kant provide insight into the impact of war on cultural perception and production around 1800. The study thus contributes essentially to the fields of literature, history, social and military science.

  • By (author) Martina Lüke
  • Series edited by Thomas F. Schneider