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100	1		_aO'Regan, Brigitta _eauthor
245	1	0	_aSelf and existence : _bJ.M.R. Lenz's subjective point of view / _cBrigitta O'Regan
264		1	_aNew York : _bP. Lang, _c1997
300			_a145 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_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
650		0	_aLenz, Jakob Michael Reinhold, 1751-1792 -- Philosophy.
650		0	_aSelf in literature.
650		0	_aSelf in literature
650		0	_aPhilosophy
650		0	_aLenz, jakob michael reinhold, 1751-1792
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