Re: heidegger & romantics

>Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 08:25:48 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Joe Varo <vjvaro@xxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: heidegger & romantics
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>On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 SD19587@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>> I'm working on a paper for an undergraduate course in which I want to
>> explore the relationship between the thought of Heidegger and the Romantics,
>> specifically William Blake. I've studied Heidegger since about January, and I
>> am totally new to Blake. If anyone has any suggestions on where to look for
>> information concerning Heidegger and the Romantics, or Heidegger and Blake, I
>> would greatly appreciate them. Likewise if anyone has any general comments
>> regarding the subject.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Shane Denson
>> sd19587@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>Shane --
>
>For what this is worth, I recall, back in my college days, thinking about
>doing a paper much as you have in mind. I was reading BEING & TIME in my
>senior metaphysics class and was also taking a course in Romantic Lit.
>and I recall also seeing some sort of connection there.
>
>When I conferred with my prof about this Heidegger/Romanticism for my
>paper he said "okay -- just make sure you do philosophy and not literary
>criticism".
>
>I thought about that, decided that the paper would be more lit crit than
>phil and changed my topic to an explication of "being-in-the-world".
>
>But this was all about 15 years ago and so I suppose that the distinction
>between philosophy and lit crit is not so vital anymore.
>
>Joe
>vjvaro@xxxxxxxx


one could say that, thanks to A*vital* (Ronell) & others, that, yes, the distinction
is not *vital* at all.

hen


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