The Taming of Romanticism: European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier

Virgil Nemoianu

Published by Harvard University Press 1984

The Taming of Romanticism

European Literature and the Age of Biedermeier

Virgil Nemoianu

Volume 37 in the series Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674418271

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Looking at a broad spectrum of writers--English, French, German, Italian, Russian and other East Europeans--Virgil Nemoianu offers here a coherent characterization of the period 1815-1848. This he calls the era of the domestication of romanticism.

The explosive, visionary core of romanticism is seen to give way--after the defeat of Napoleon--to an expanded and softer version reflecting middle-class values. This later form of romanticism is characterized by moralizing efforts to reform society, a sentimental yearning for the tranquility of home and hearth, and persistent faith in the individual, alongside a new skepticism, shattered ideals, and consequent irony. Expanding the application of the term Biedermeier, which has been useful in describing this period in German literature, Nemoianu provides a new framework for understanding these years in a wider European context.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. THE DYNAMICS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. SUPPORT FOR AN ENGLISH BIEDERMEIER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. FRENCH ROMANTICISM: TWO BEGINNINGS? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
4. EASTERN EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM: PATTERNS OF SUBSTITUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
5. ROMANTIC IRONY AND BIEDERMEIER TRAGICOMEDY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
6. THE BIEDERMEIER HISTORICAL NOVEL AND THE DECLINE OF COMPROMISE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
AFTERWORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 302
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; Biedermeier.; Romanticism -- Europe.; European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

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Published: October 1, 2013
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Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1984
ISBN: 9780674418264