Introduction

摘要

[...] the more conceptually rigorous the readings (Hamacher's deconstructive interpretation, Wellbery's semiotic one), the more the inexhaustible hyper-complexity of Kleist's story became evident. Freedom, Progress, and the Statistical Law of Averages in Kleist's 'Allerneuester Erziehungsplan' Martyn argues that Kleist's well-known emphasis on polarization and contradiction is part of his larger interest in the law-like character of deviations, which he shares with late eighteenth century statistical discourse.