Anakreontische Aufklärung

This volume, based on a colloquium at the Gleim House in Halberstadt, assembles articles devoted to the relationship between rococo literature, Anacreontic tendencies, and Empfindsamkeit (the age of Sensibility) in the Old Empire. They concentrate largely on the period between 1740 and 1780, four decades notable for inter-discursive cross-fertilization between art theory, anthropology, and aesthetics. The articles explore the interrelations and/or differences between the ongoing discourses in cultural psychology, the history of mentality, and moral philosophy, situating them in the overall process of 'Enlightenment'.