| The Taming of Romanticism: European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier Reprint 2014 Edition Contributor(s): Nemoianu, Virgil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674418263 ISBN-13: 9780674418264 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1984 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Language Arts & Disciplines - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 840.914 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.38 lbs) 311 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
