{"product_id":"the-romantic-movement-paperback-softback-9780631194712","title":"The Romantic Movement (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631194712","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Romantic Movement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaurice Cranston (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631194712, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 July 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.6 x 1.3 cm, 0.284 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"As an historical sketch of the philosophy of European romanticism, the book is exemplary.\" \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Brilliantly lucid as well as useful. Students could not do better than to go to it for an introduction.\" \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In clear and uncomplicated prose, the book offers a brief survey of different national traditions.\" \u003ci\u003eEuropean Romantic Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Romantic Movement in Europe was both a revolt and a revival, a philosophy of life as well as of art. In the earliest expressions of romantic theory by Rousseau and Diderot, it is seen as a revolt against rationalism. In Great Britain and Italy it appears as a revolt against classicism, in Spain as a revival of the tradition of the Moorish courts, and in Germany, where it excited the greatest enthusiasm, as both a revolt against rationalism and a revival of the Gothic and Germanic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite the differences of aim and emphasis across Europe, Professor Cranston argues that romaticism was a European phenomenon, as universal as the Renaissance. He isolates its common features - liberty, introspection, and the importance of love; truth in the expression of feeling as much as of thought; nature seen as an object of devotion rather than scientific study; a tolerance of the grotesque coupled with an interest in the exotic, the primitive and the medieval; a concern for the value of intuition over ratiocination; and a preference for audacity over prudence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Romantic Movement is part of the common European heritage, and its influence is by no means at an end. The book is the first to describe its philosophy, history, and cultural and artistic manifestations, and the ways these varied across the countries of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003e1. The First Romantics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. German Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. English Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. French Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Italian Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Spanish Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Late Romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography of Critical Works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501151809816,"sku":"9780631194712","price":34.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631194712.jpg?v=1786213014","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-romantic-movement-paperback-softback-9780631194712","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}