caa a22 4500 463200489 CHVBK 20180405153111.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11061-006-0007-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11061-006-0007-8 Hillenbrand R. Lehrstuhl für deutschsprachige Literatur, Universität Pécs, Ifjúság utca 6, H-7624, Pécs aut Auch Verzweiflung Ist Glück [Elektronische Daten] Melancholie und Melancholiker in Tiecks Phantasus [R. Hillenbrand] Tieck uses the specialist medical literature of his time to portray the melancholy of his Phantasus-collection. At the same time he ironizes the rationalistic notion of curing melancholy as a disease. Against this concept he sees melancholy as the necessary result of deeper insights into the nature of life. A cure could only be achieved by self-deception, in mild cases by diversion, in serious cases by escaping from reality into insanity. The melancholical genius however cannot abstain from knowledge and therefore falls a victim to despair, which is, on the other hand, the source of his self-confidence and so to speak a kind of happiness. Tiecs's attempts to overcome the nihilism of his early works never completely succeeded. This is the reason why his pessimistic romanticism never became popular. Understanding his peculiarity can prevent optimistic misinterpretations of his works as if they were part of religiously pacified romanticsm. Springer, 2007 Neophilologus Kluwer Academic Publishers 91/2(2007-04-01), 261-280 0028-2677 91:2<261 2007 91 11061 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-006-0007-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-006-0007-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Hillenbrand R. Lehrstuhl für deutschsprachige Literatur, Universität Pécs, Ifjúság utca 6, H-7624, Pécs aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neophilologus Kluwer Academic Publishers 91/2(2007-04-01), 261-280 0028-2677 91:2<261 2007 91 11061 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer