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Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Saul is Professor of German at the University of Durham. Klappentext Explains the development of Romantic arts and culture in Germany, with both individual artists and key themes covered in detail. Zusammenfassung This Companion! first published in 2004! offers students and specialists an authoritative introduction to that dazzling cultural phenomenon! now known collectively as German Romanticism. All German quotations are translated to make this volume fully accessible to a wide audience interested in how Romanticism evolved across Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Chronology; 1. What is Romanticism, and where did it come from? Azade Seyhan; 2. From early to late Romanticism Ricarda Schmidt; 3. Prose fiction of the German Romantics Anthony Phelan; 4. The Romantic lyric Charlie Louth; 5. The Romantic drama Roger Paulin; 6. Forms and objectives of Romantic criticism John A. McCarthy; 7. Romanticism and Classicism Jane K. Brown; 8. Women writers and Romanticism Gesa Dane; 9. The Romantics and other cultures Carl Niekerk; 10. Love, death and Liebestod in German Romanticism Nicholas Saul; 11. Romantic philosophy and religion Andrew Bowie; 12. Romantic politics and society Ethel Matala de Mazza; 13. Romantic science and psychology Jürgen Barkhoff; 14. German Romantic painters Richard Littlejohns; 15. Romanticism and music Andrew Bowie; 16. Transformations of German Romanticism 1830-2000 Margarete Kohlenbach; Key authors and their works; Guide to further reading; Index.
