Play in the Age of Goethe - Theories, Narratives, and Practices of Play Around 1800

Explores how the modern discourse of play was first shaped during this pivotal period (approximately 1770-1830). The eleven chapters illuminate critical developments in the philosophy, pedagogy, psychology, politics, and poetics of play as evident in the work of major authors of the period including Lessing, Goethe, Kant, and Schiller.