| Description |
vii, 387 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. The romantic tradition Romanticism and behavior [1974] -- The function of history in nineteenth-century European culture [1971] -- Reflections on historical modes in the nineteenth century [1971] -- Rebellion and deviance [1973] -- Iconography and iconology in the arts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries [1973] -- Historiography and The ring and the book [1967] -- An introduction to Emerson's essays [1968] -- Ernest Hemingway: sexual themes in his writing [1971] -- The place of sex in the work of William Faulkner [1971] -- 2. Critical theory Is the problem of literary realism a pseudoproblem? [1969] -- Poet and critic: or, the damage Coleridge has done [1969] -- The deplorable consequences of the idea of creativity [1970] -- Literature and knowledge [1972] -- 3. Behavior, education, and society The virtues of superficiality [1969] -- The corporation's role in today's crisis of incoherence [1971] -- Arts for the cultivation of radical sensitivity [1971] -- Cultural stagnation in American universities and colleges [1971] -- The arts and the centers of power [1971] -- Humanism, politics, and government in the nineteenth century [1973] -- The cultural crisis of the 1970s [1973] |
| Analysis |
Civilization, Modern |
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Romanticism |
| Notes |
Companion volume to the author's The triumph of romanticism, published in 1970 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern.
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Romanticism.
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| LC no. |
76029623 |
| ISBN |
0872493288 |
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