HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Berman, R. A. Search for Related Content

Conspiracy Theories: Szondi on Hölderlin's Jacobinism

For Peter Szondi the historicity of form has a double character, concerning both the standing of form within the context of historical processes and the transformative vicissitudes of the formal structure of literary works. These two aspects, external and internal, are linked to each other in complicated ways. The particular form of the work of art acquires objectivity through its location in surrounding social conditions, but that context itself and the form of art are both in constant motion. Therefore the presumed stability of form and the alleged objectivity of a historical grounding are always tenuous due to the instability...