Monogames und promiskuitives Lesen: Über die verborgenen Grundlagen der Autonomieästhetik um 1800

This article argues that there is a hidden connection between the emergence and establishment of the aesthetics of autonomy and the shifting patterns of describing sexual relationships between the sexes around 1800. Aesthetics borrows narratives from the reformed discourse of prostitution and the &q...

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Published in:German studies review 2019-02, Vol.42 (1), p.1
Main Author: Carolin Dorothée Lange
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
19th century
Aesthetics
Autonomy
Brothels
Civil society
Exegesis & hermeneutics
German literature
Libraries
Literary criticism
Monogamy
Moritz, Karl Philipp (1756-1793)
Narratives
Novels
Prostitution
Readers
Sexual behavior
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Summary:This article argues that there is a hidden connection between the emergence and establishment of the aesthetics of autonomy and the shifting patterns of describing sexual relationships between the sexes around 1800. Aesthetics borrows narratives from the reformed discourse of prostitution and the "love match:" works of art are to be honored for their "inner value." Furthermore, critics of the so-called "reading craze" argue against binge-reading novels from the newly emerging lending libraries (calling them "literary brothels"). They recommend a form of literary monogamy instead: the thorough and repeated lecture of one carefully chosen and cherished work of art.
ISSN:0149-7952
2164-8646
DOI:10.1353/gsr.2019.0003