Constellations of a Contemporary Romanticism

This collection takes its point of departure from Walter Benjamin¿s concept of the historical constellation, a concept which puts ¿contemporary¿ as well as ¿Romanticism¿ in play as period designations and critical paradigms. The book regards Romanticism as a thought experiment that poses questions for our own ¿now¿ time.

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Edited by Jacques Khalip, and Forest Pyle

Summary

This collection takes its point of departure from Walter Benjamin’s concept of the historical constellation, a concept which puts “contemporary” as well as “Romanticism” in play as period designations and critical paradigms. The book regards Romanticism as a thought experiment that poses questions for our own “now” time.

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• Authors: Associate Professor of English Jacques (Br Khalip, Jacques (EDT)/ Pyle Khalip, Jacques Pyle Khalip
• Assisted by: Jacques Khalip (Editor), Forest Pyle (Editor)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9780823271030
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-7103-0
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Lit Z FUP; Lit Z; Lit Z
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies