The Taming of Romanticism

Virgil Nemoianu

ISBN 10: 0674418263 / ISBN 13: 9780674418264

Published by Harvard University Press Mai 2014, 2014

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Neuware -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. 320 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Taming of Romanticism
• Publisher: Harvard University Press Mai 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674418263
• ISBN 13: 9780674418264
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 160H x 23D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 633 grams

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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.