The Cambridge History of European Romantic Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108497060)

This wide-ranging new history of European Romantic Literature presents a pan-European phenomenon which transcended national borders and contributed to a new sense of European cultural identity across the continent. Conceived in the same spirit as Madame de Sta?'s cultural and political agenda at a time when her 'generous idea' of Europe is being challenged on all sides, the volume pays close attention to the period's circulation of people, ideas, and texts. It proposes to rethink the period comparatively, focusing on various forms of cultural mediation and transfer, and on productive tensions, synchronicities, and interactions within and across borders. Organized chronologically, its twenty chapters address over five hundred works, proposing a coherent historical narrative without completely erasing individual nations' specificities. By showcasing in particular the place of Britain within continental culture, the volume hopes to reactivate critical examinations of Romanticism from a historicised European perspective.

Author: Patrick Vincent
ISBN-10: 1108497063
ISBN-13: 9781108497060
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/09/2023
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.14w x 1.73d