Romantic Affinities: Portraits from an Age, 1780-1830 - Hardcover

Christiansen, Rupert

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9780370311173: Romantic Affinities: Portraits from an Age, 1780-1830

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ISBN 10: 0370311175 ISBN 13: 9780370311173

Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1988

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This book offers a series of kaleidoscopic portraits from an era of change in Europe as it was experienced and communicated by the writers of the age. These include not only the more familiar "Romantic" figures, such as Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Goethe, but also Holderlin, Hoffman, Pushkin, Chenier, Madame de Stael and many others. It is set against the background of the initial liberal dawning that the French Revolution seemed to herald, the disillusion that set in after its descent into terror and the decades of warfare that followed. The author has drawn on recent scholarship ranging over many related aspects of contemporary politics and culture as he presents fresh perspectives on poetry and prose long defined narrowly as Romanticism.

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"Both scholarly and funny... a stylish, spirited and provoking extravaganza" (Richard Holmes Evening Standard)

"Exuberant and inventive" (Peter Ackroyd The Times)

"Entertainingly anecdotal, as well as intelligently documentary" (Times Literary Supplement)

"Exciting, absorbing and revealing" (John Carey Sunday Times)

"A feast for those for whom the word 'joy' was never associated with English lessons" (Val Hennessey Daily Mail)

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The most readable and reliable guide to the culture and society of the Romantic period in Europe.

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