European Romanticism A Brief History with Documents

Name: European Romanticism A Brief History with Documents
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ISBN: 9780312450236

ISBN-10: 0312450230

ISBN-13: 9780312450236

Edition: N/A

Authors: Warren Breckman

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As the nineteenth century began, western Europe was swept by one of the great cultural shifts of the modern era: the Romantic movement. Warren Breckman's volume examines the history of Romanticism as a political, literary, and philosophical movement that exerted a significant influence on modern attitudes toward art, science, and religion. Incorporating both creative and critical writings from English, German, French, and Italian Romantic authors, as well as visual art of the Romantic era, Breckman demonstrates the crucial role of emergent nationalism within the Romantic movement, but also makes clear the transnational connections that made Romanticism a movement of international scope.…

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List price: $17.99
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 7/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594



Foreword


Preface


List of Illustrations



Introduction: A Revolution in Culture


Romanticism and the Eighteenth-Century Legacy


Revolution as Cultural Catalyst: Romanticism, 1795-1805


Transitions in English and German Romanticism


French Romanticism


European Romanticism


Romantic Nationalism


Conclusion



The Documents



Of Two Wonderful Languages and Their Mysterious Power, 1797




Christianity or Europe: A Fragment, 1799




Preface to "Lyrical Ballads," 1800




Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, 1798




Athenaeum Fragment No. 116, 1798




On Incomprehensibility, 1800




The Genius of Christianity, 1802