TY - BOOK AU - Nemoianu,Virgil TI - The Taming of Romanticism: European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier T2 - Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature SN - 9780674418264 AV - PN751 U1 - 840 .9 145 19 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Biedermeier KW - European literature KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - Geschichte (1815-1848) KW - Letterkunde KW - Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft KW - Literatur KW - Romanticism KW - Europe KW - Romantiek KW - Romantik KW - European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - Romanticism -- Europe KW - bisacsh N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674418271 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674418271 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674418271.jpg ER -