Title The emergence of romanticism / Nicholas V. Riasanovsky

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 117 pages) Contents The emergence of romanticism in England -- The emergence of romanticism in Germany -- Some observations on the emergence of romanticism Summary Viewed as one of the most tumultuous, momentous movements in the history of world literature, Romanticism and its origins have long been studied by literary critics. In this book, Nicholas Riasanovksy, primarily known as an eminent historian of Russia, offers a refreshing and appealing new interpretation of Romanticism's origins, goals, and influence. The original surge of Romantic thought occurred in England and Germany in the middle to late 1790s, and within a decade had spent itself. Riasanovsky focuses on the explosion of the Romantic impulse, and searches for the origins of the revolutionary vision that made the early Romantic poets in England and Germany take an entirely different view of the world. Pairing two British authors (Wordsworth and Coleridge) with three German authors (Novalis, Friedrich Schlegel, and Wackenroder), Riasanovsky demonstrates that, for all the cultural differences between them, they represent variations on the same "emergence." Essentially, all five were obsessed with the problem of their eternal striving and inability to reach their own goals. All five abandoned the Romantic ideology within a decade and, having supported the goals of the French Revolution in the 1790s, retreated into political conservatism or religious orthodoxy. Riasanovsky identifies the heart of Romanticism as being the creature of a pantheistic religious culture. He stresses that Romanticism was produced only by Western Christian civilization, with its unique view of humankind's relationship to God. The Romantics' frantic and heroic striving for unreachable goals mirrors Christian beliefs in human inability to adequately address God, speak to God, or praise God. Further, Riasanovsky argues that Romantic thought had important political implications, playing a key role in the rise of nationalism in Europe. Offering a historical examination of an area often limited to literary analysis, this book gracefully makes a larger historical statement about the nature and centrality of European Romanticism. Not limited to the cultural historian and the literary critic, The Emergence of Romanticism also makes available to the general reader a jargon-free look at the heady days of Romanticism Analysis Literature Romanticism Europe Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-109) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT Wordsworth, William (Schriftsteller) swd Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. swd Novalis. swd Wackenroder, Wilhelm Heinrich. swd Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century German literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Comparative literature -- English and German. Comparative literature -- German and English. Romanticism -- Germany -- History -- 18th century Christianity and literature. God in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Christianity and literature Comparative literature -- English and German Comparative literature -- German and English English literature German literature God in literature Romanticism Literatur Romantik Entstehung Romantiek. 17.76 history of world literature. English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Romanticism -- Great Britain. German poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Romanticism -- Germany. Christianity and literature. Comparative literature -- English and German. Comparative literature -- German and English. Romantisme -- Allemagne -- 18e siècle. Littérature comparée -- Anglaise et allemande. Littérature comparée -- Allemande et anglaise. Romantisme -- Grande-Bretagne -- 18e siècle. Germany Great Britain Deutsch. Englisch. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 91046113 ISBN 1429406054 9781429406055 9780195073416 019507341X 0195096460 9780195096460 0195357205 9780195357202

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