An Outline of Romanticism in the West / / John Claiborne Isbell.
Navigating the landscape of Romantic literature and art across Europe and the Americas, An Outline of Romanticism in the West invites readers to embark upon a literary journey. Showcasing a breadth of theoretical and contextual approaches to the study of Romanticism, John Isbell provides an insightf...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge : : Open Book Publishers,, 2022. |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter One: Romanticism and the Nations of the West 13
- 1. German Lands, 1800. Novalis, Heinrich von Ofterdingen 13
- 2. France, 1807. Germaine de Staël, Corinne ou l'Italie (Corinne, or Italy) 19
- 3. Spain, 1814-1815. Francisco Goya, 3 de mayo 1808 (3rd May 1808) 27
- 4. The British Isles (England), 1818. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus 33
- 5. Russia, 1825-1832. Alexander Pushkin, Evgenii Onegin (Eugene Onegin) 40
- 6. The United States, 1826. James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans 46
- 7. Eastern Europe (Poland), 1834. Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz 52
- 8. Northern Europe (Denmark), 1835-1837. Hans Christian Andersen, Eventyr (Fairy Tales) 59
- 9. The Italian Peninsula, 1835. Giacomo Leopardi, Canti (Cantos) 65
- 10. Latin America (Argentina), 1838/1871. Esteban Echeverría, El Matadero (The Slaughter Yard) 71
- 11. The Low Countries (Belgium), 1838. Hendrik Conscience, De Leeuw Van Vlaanderen (The Lion of Flanders) 76
- 12. Portugal, 1846. João de Almeida Garrett, Viagens na minha terra (Travels in My Homeland) 81
- Chapter Two: The Frankenstein Dilemma. Romantic Disavowals of Romanticism, 1800-1830 87
- 1. German Lands 89
- 2. The Swiss Confederation 94
- 3. The British Isles 97
- 4. Italy, Russia, Sweden 100
- 5. France 103
- 6. Conclusion 107
- Chapter Three: Romantic Novel and Verse Romance. Is There a Romance Continuum? 113
- 0. Prefatory Remarks on Terminology 113
- 1. German Lands 116
- 2. The British Isles 121
- 3. France 129
- 4. The Italian Peninsula 134
- 5. Northern and Eastern Europe 135
- 6. Iberia and the Low Countries 138
- 7. The Two Americas 139
- 8. Conclusion 141
- Chapter Four: Racine et Shakespeare's Sleeping Partners. The Return of the Repressed 143
- 1. Private Life and Empire: Henri Beyle, 1803-1814 144
- 2. The Birth of Stendhal: Romantic Milan, 1814-1821 150
- 3. Paris in 1823-1825: Racine et Shakespeare 154
- 4. Conclusion 167
- Chapter Five: Thoughts on the Romantic Hero, 1776-1848 171
- 1. Prelude: Manon Lescaut and Jean-Jacques Rousseau 171
- 2. German Lands 174
- 3. France 180
- 4. The British Isles 187
- 5. The Italian Peninsula 192
- 6. Eastern and Northern Europe 194
- 7. Iberia and the Low Countries 197
- 8. The Americas 198
- 9. The Drama 199
- 10. Romantic Women Writers: The State of the Field 202
- 11. Conclusion 206
- Romanticism Outside the Western Ambit 211
- Bibliography 213
- Index 229.