title: The Literary Absolute: The Theory of Literature in German Romanticism (SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory)
author:  Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe 
description: The authors have effectively situated romanticism within its philosophical context in a brilliant way.  Mark C. Taylor, Williams College<br /><br />It is the most useful historical and theoretical study of its topic that has been published during the last twenty odd years. Everyone concerned with literary criticism and philosophy should have it to read more than once.  Werner Hamacher, The Johns Hopkins University
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