The Taming of Romanticism : : European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier / / Virgil Nemoianu.
Looking at a broad spectrum of writers--English, French, German, Italian, Russian and other East Europeans--Virgil 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...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1984 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. THE DYNAMICS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD -- 2. SUPPORT FOR AN ENGLISH BIEDERMEIER -- 3. FRENCH ROMANTICISM: TWO BEGINNINGS? -- 4. EASTERN EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM: PATTERNS OF SUBSTITUTION -- 5. ROMANTIC IRONY AND BIEDERMEIER TRAGICOMEDY -- 6. THE BIEDERMEIER HISTORICAL NOVEL AND THE DECLINE OF COMPROMISE -- AFTERWORD -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | Looking at a broad spectrum of writers--English, French, German, Italian, Russian and other East Europeans--Virgil 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. This later form of romanticism is characterized by moralizing efforts to reform society, a sentimental yearning for the tranquility of home and hearth, and persistent faith in the individual, alongside a new skepticism, shattered ideals, and consequent irony. Expanding the application of the term Biedermeier, which has been useful in describing this period in German literature, Nemoianu provides a new framework for understanding these years in a wider European context. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674418271 9783110353488 9783110353501 9783110442212 |
DOI: | 10.4159/harvard.9780674418271 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Virgil Nemoianu. |