The University of Chicago
A DISSERTATION
SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY
OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND LITERATURE
IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
DEPARTMENT OF GERMANICS
BY
GEORGIANA R. SIMPSON
Private Edition, Distributed By
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARIES
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
1921
Composed and Printed By
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF MY
FRIEND AND TEACHER
FRÄULEIN AGNES BURCHARD
OF
ROSTOCK, GERMANY
I wish to express my sincere thanks to all my Professors, but especiallyto Professors Starr W. Cutting, Martin Schütze, and Francis A.Wood, under whom the major portion of my work in the Graduate Schoolhas been pursued.
This particular study, however, is the outcome of interest awakenedby Professor Schütze while I was a member of his seminars.
I owe a special debt of gratitude to him, not only for his guidance inthis endeavor, but for the inspiration and encouragement which has cometo me from the very beginning of my work under him.
Georgiana R. Simpson
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Semasiology of the Word, Volk—The Idea in Other Words | 1 |
| II. | Conceptions of Volk as Seen in Herder’s Use of the Term | 4 |
| III. | Conceptions of Volk as Gathered from Herder’s Collection of Volkslieder | 15 |
| IV. | Conceptions of Volk in Herder’s Discussion of “Ossian’s People” and the Ancient Hebrews | 22 |
| V. | Foundations of Individuality and Personality in Herder | 31 |
| VI. | Eighteenth-Century Thought in Herder’s Conception of Das Volk | 36 |
| VII. | Conclusion | 54 |
| Bibliography |