«È il Re Lear, in pietra». Jens Baggesen davanti alla Cattedrale di Nostra Signora di Strasburgo
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, the Danish-German pre-romantic writer Jens Baggesen left Denmark for a trip to Germany, France, and Switzerland, which, poetically transfigured, would constitute the theme of Labyrinten eller Reise giennem Tydskland, Schweitz og Frankerig (1792-93), a...
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Occidentale |
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| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2025/13/006 |
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| Summary: | In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, the Danish-German pre-romantic writer Jens Baggesen left Denmark for a trip to Germany, France, and Switzerland, which, poetically transfigured, would constitute the theme of Labyrinten eller Reise giennem Tydskland, Schweitz og Frankerig (1792-93), a book that promotes subjectivity, encouraging its readers to undertake, rather than read, that same journey. The long description of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, a place already celebrated by Goethe, must be traced back to this intent. This article investigates the rhetorics of Baggesen’s emotional response to the cathedral, with emphasis on the author-reader interaction.
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| ISSN: | 2499-1562 |