Realpoetik - European Romanticism and Literary Politics

Realpoetik considers the relationship between literary and political ideas in the thought of key European writers of the Romantic period examining how the main historical events of the period encouraged a re-imagining of the political shape of Europe which also changed the way we think about imagination itself.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction: Realpoetik


• Part One: Resistance


• 1: Revolution and Restoration: Romantic Political Transformations


• 2: The Exiles of Madame de StaÃ'l


• 3: The Liberties of Benjamin Constant


• Part Two: Diplomacy


• 4: Chateaubriand's Christian Eloquence


• 5: Friedrich Schlegel's Concert of Europe


• Part Three: The Future


• 6: The Cosmopolitan Novalis


• 7: Resourcing Philosophy - Schelling's Figurative Materialism


• 8: Leopardi and The Proper Conversation of a Citizen

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Paul Hamilton was a Fellow in English at Exeter College, Oxford, then Professor of English at the University of Southampton before taking up a Chair at Queen Mary, University of London. He has published widely on the Romantic period. His recent books include Metaromanticism (2003) and Coleridge and German Philosophy: The Poet in the Land of Logic (2007). He is currently editing The Oxford Handbook to European Romanticism.

Zusammenfassung

Realpoetik considers the relationship between literary and political ideas in the thought of key European writers of the Romantic period examining how the main historical events of the period encouraged a re-imagining of the political shape of Europe which also changed the way we think about imagination itself.

Zusatztext

Paul Hamilton's latest book, Realpoetik, is certainly in the business of promulgating great literature as an indispensable store of value.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Hamilton, Paul P. Hamilton
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9780199686179
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968617-9
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 164 mm x 243 mm x 22 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Sonstiges; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets