Author Description
Ideas can be, and are, cosmopolitan,' Chateubriand observed; and certainly the scope of the nighteenth-century Romantic Movement was the widest imaginable: it not only affected all parts of Europe but even, to a lesser extent, the Americas. This book provides a comprehensive study of this Movement - in literature, painting, music, philosophy, religion, and other fields - and a detailed interpretation of all its main issues: intellectual, emotional, social and historical.The initial revolt against the ideas of the eighteenth century is first seen in the larger context of history, and particular Romantic ideas and sentiments are then illustrated and anatomized in pen portraits of individual Romantics. In this way the successive phases of the beliefs of such key figures as Schelling, Coleridge and Lammenais - indispensable to any acount of the Movement - are carefully documented.
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THE THESIS
This work investigates the intellectual, emotional, and social foundations of the nineteenth-century European Romantic Movement to determine how its ideas transcended national boundaries. Hans George Artur Viktor Schenk, a scholar of European cultural history, utilizes a comparative methodology to analyze the movement's influence across literature, philosophy, religion, and the arts. By examining the initial reaction against eighteenth-century rationalism, the author constructs a framework that links broad historical shifts to the specific ideological developments of key figures.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A comprehensive analysis of Romanticism across multiple disciplines including painting, music, and philosophy.
- Detailed intellectual biographies of figures such as Schelling, Coleridge, and Lammenais.
- An examination of the movement's expansion beyond Europe into the Americas.
Scope Limits
- The text focuses primarily on the intellectual and cultural history of the nineteenth century rather than a purely political or economic history.
- It does not provide an exhaustive catalog of every minor artist or writer associated with the movement.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars and historians frequently cite this work as a foundational text for understanding the breadth of the Romantic Movement. Readers often note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous examination of complex philosophical shifts.
Page Count:
303
Publication Date:
1979-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford Univ Pr
ISBN-10:
0192850830
ISBN-13:
9780192850836
Philosophy
History
Art History
Literary Criticism
Cultural History
European History
Romanticism
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