A companion to European romanticism.9781405110396 A companion to European romanticism romanticism, term loosely applied to literary and artistic movements of the late 18th and 19th cent. Characteristics of Romanticism Resulting in part from the libertarian and egalitarian ideals of the French Revolution, the romantic movements had . Ed. by Michael Ferber. Blackwell Publishing 2005 586 pages $149.95 Hardcover Blackwell companions to literature and culture; v.38 PN603 With its wide sweep and comprehensive coverage, this collection of essays analyzes the effects of the Romantic system on both literature and culture. Topics include the impact of both Shakespeare and Napoleon Napoleon French Napoléon Bonaparte orig. Italian Napoleone Buonaparte (born Aug. 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica—died May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island) French general and emperor (1804–15). , Scottish perspectives, early Romanticism in Germany and its later shift to self-regulating structures, German Romantic fiction and drama as well as song, fairy tales This is a list of fairy tales, the dates of their earliest known printed version, the author and, if known, the collection of tales in which it was published. It should be noted, however, that not all stories listed below would be categorized as fairy tales by a strict definition , early French Romanticism and later drama, works on the brink of realism, the ode, the fragment (1) In networking, one piece of a data packet that has been broken into smaller pieces in order to accommodate the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size of a network. See IP fragmentation. and the cult of ruins, irony, the sacred and the aesthetic, nature, capitalism, orientalism O·ri·en·tal·ism also o·ri·en·tal·ism n. 1. A quality, mannerism, or custom specific to or characteristic of the Orient. 2. Scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures, languages, and peoples. , the poetess, opera, the theme of night, and the Romantic system of the arts. Surveys describe Romanticism in Italy, Spain and Poland and authors serving as topics include Byron, Foscolo, Hugo, Lamartine, Lermontov, Leopardi, Mickiewicz, Musset, Nerval and Pushkin. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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