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Author Hamilton, Paul, 1950- author.

Title Orientation in European Romanticism : the art of falling upwards / Paul Hamilton
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Cambridge studies in Romanticism.
Contents Introduction: Sublimity and abjection -- Kleist and the Kant-crisis -- Hölderlin and the philosophers -- The feminist humanism of Felicia Hemans : the poetics of Records of woman (1828) -- Thomas Moore and the national lyric -- Ugo Foscolo's literary hypocrisy -- Balzac's comic pessimism -- George Sand's optimism -- Retrospect : Rilke translates Leopardi
Summary "Exploring the Romantic period's experiments in individual and national self-consciousness, this essential comparative study of European literature, philosophy and politics makes striking connections and contrasts to reveal identities being re-orientated and disorientated in response to historical change from the French Revolution onwards"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 -- Influence
SUBJECT Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 fast
Subject Romanticism -- Europe
European literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Philosophy, European -- History
European literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Philosophy, European
Romanticism
Europe
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781009268226
1009268228
9781009268264
1009268260