Friedrich Schiller

Wiese, Benno von

doi:10.1007/978-3-476-02979-9

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“…One of the most revered principles of Sturm und Drang ideology and aesthetics absorbed by young Schiller was the demand of "the fullness of heart" ("die Fiille des Herzens"); the distinctive feature of a true genius was the ability to be passionate. 12 This ability was often expressed through the metaphor of temperature, the juxtaposition of "hotness" and "coldness" in the human soul and in nature.…”

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The Perception of Emotional Coldness in Andrei Turgenev's Diaries

Zorin

2009

Slavic rev.

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In this article, Andrei Zorin discusses the generational shift in the techniques of self-analysis that occurred in Russia at the turn from the eighteenth to the nineteenth centuries as revealed in the diaries of Andrei Turgenev, a document that has attracted the attention of many scholars but still remains largely unpublished. Young Turgenev was influenced both by his upbringing in the circles of Moscow Freemasons and by the literature of German Sturm und Drang and especially by the early tragedies by Friedrich Schiller. In his self-reflections, his dramatic love story, and his attempts to translate Alexander Pope'sEloisa to Abelardinto Russian, Turgenev demonstrated his quest to resemble his favorite literary characters and the despair caused by his failure to meet these self-imposed standards. Both his quest and his personality as revealed in the diaries can serve as a symbol of the new emotional culture that emerged in Russia and became prevalent there throughout the Romantic age.

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