The Taming of Romanticism : European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier /
Nemoianu, Virgil
The Taming of Romanticism : European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier / Virgil Nemoianu. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (302 p.) - Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature ; 37 .
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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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674418264 9780674418271
10.4159/harvard.9780674418271 doi
Biedermeier.
European literature--History and criticism.--19th century
European literature.
Geschichte (1815-1848).
Letterkunde.
Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft.
Literatur.
Romanticism--Europe.
Romanticism.
Romantiek.
Romantik.
Biedermeier.
European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Romanticism -- Europe.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
PN751
840 .9 145
The Taming of Romanticism : European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier / Virgil Nemoianu. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (302 p.) - Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature ; 37 .
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674418264 9780674418271
10.4159/harvard.9780674418271 doi
Biedermeier.
European literature--History and criticism.--19th century
European literature.
Geschichte (1815-1848).
Letterkunde.
Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft.
Literatur.
Romanticism--Europe.
Romanticism.
Romantiek.
Romantik.
Biedermeier.
European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
Romanticism -- Europe.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
PN751
840 .9 145