German Romanticism and Its Institutions / / Theodore Ziolkowski.

Using an illuminating method that challenges the popular notion of Romanticism as aesthetic escapism, Theodore Ziolkowski explores five institutions--mining, law, madhouses, universities, and museums--that provide the socio-historical context for German Romantic culture. He shows how German writers...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©1990
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (454 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER ONE The Institutional Approach
  • CHAPTER TWO The Mine: Image of the Soul
  • CHAPTER THREE The Law: Text of Society
  • CHAPTER FOUR The Madhouse: Asylum of the Spirit
  • CHAPTER FIVE The University: Model of the Mind
  • CHAPTER SIX The Museum: Temple of Art
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • EDITIONS CITED
  • INDEX