Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Poetic Procreation and Goethe's Theory of Metamorphosis; 3 Friedrich von Hardenberg and the Discourse of Procreation; 4 The Poet as Artisan and the Instruments of Procreation; 5 Johann Wilhelm Ritter and the Writing of Life; 6 Procreative Thinking -- Scientific Projects; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Situated at the intersection of literature and science, Holland's study draws upon a diverse corpus of literary and scientific texts that testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings from Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter, Holland proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation
