01738nam a2200277 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082002200131100003000153245008500183264003100268300001400299336002600313337002800339338002700367520090100394650005901295650002401354650002301378650001501401650004401416219865InACL20260927132837.0260927s1997    xxu               0 eng d  a9780820425245  a0820425249  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a831.6bDRE.762231 aO'Regan, Brigittaeauthor10aSelf and existence :bJ.M.R. Lenz's subjective point of view /cBrigitta O'Regan 1aNew York :bP. Lang,c1997  a145 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aJ. M. R. Lenz (1751-1792) was dismissed as nothing more than a passing meteor on the German literary scene by an early critic. Today, his plays are part of the repertoire of German theatre companies. Die Soldaten, an opera by Bernd Alois Zimmermann based on Lenz's plays by the same name, recently opened at the London Coliseum.The collage-like effect Lenz produces - scenes put together seemingly pell-mell - obscures the fact it is symmetry that serves as the underlying paradigm of his drama. Self and Existence probes the nature of this symmetry and the extent to which it reflects the personal philosophy of J. M. R. Lenz, poet, essayist, and playwright.Self and Existence also suggests that Lenz's quest for Zuwachs an Existenz (a heightened awareness of being), a quest which anticipates the existential thought of Kierkegaard, was prompted by Kant's division of the individual self into a 0aLenz, Jakob Michael Reinhold, 1751-1792 -- Philosophy. 0aSelf in literature. 0aSelf in literature 0aPhilosophy 0aLenz, jakob michael reinhold, 1751-1792