The Taming of Romanticism European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier |
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| Author:
| Nemoianu, Virgil |
| Series title: | Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-41826-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Looking at a broad spectrum of writers--English, French, German, Italian, Russian and other East Europeans--Nemoianu offers here a coherent characterization of the period 1815-1848. This he calls the era of the domestication of romanticism. The explosive, visionary core of romanticism is seen to give way--after the defeat of Napoleon--to an expanded and softer version reflecting middle-class values.
Looking at a broad spectrum of writers--English, French, German, Italian, Russian and other East Europeans--Nemoianu offers here a coherent characterization of the period 1815-1848. This he calls the era of the domestication of romanticism. The explosive, visionary core of romanticism is seen to give way--after the defeat of Napoleon--to an expanded and softer version reflecting middle-class values.