MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2014012669
003 DLC
005 20150915143547.0
008 140612s2015 ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014012669
020 $a9780300144291 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aNX454.5.R6$bG39 2015
082 00 $a700/.4145$223
084 $aLIT004130$aPHI001000$aART015120$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGay, Peter,$d1923-2015,$eauthor.
245 10 $aWhy the romantics matter /$cPeter Gay.
264 1 $a[New Haven] :$bYale University Press,$c[2015]
300 $axvi, 141 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aWhy x matters
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"With his usual wit and élan, esteemed historian Peter Gay enters the contentious, long-standing debates over the romantic period. Here, in this concise and inviting volume, he reformulates the definition of romanticism and provides a fresh account of the immense achievements of romantic writers and artists in all media. Gay's scope is wide, his insights sharp. He takes on the recurring questions about how to interpret romantic figures and their works. Who qualifies to be a romantic? What ties together romantic figures who practice in different countries, employ different media, even live in different centuries? How is modernism indebted to romanticism, if at all? Guiding readers through the history of the romantic movement across Britain, France, Germany, and Switzerland, Gay argues that the best way to conceptualize romanticism is to accept its complicated nature and acknowledge that there is no "single basket" to contain it. Gay conceives of romantics in "families," whose individual members share fundamental values but retain unique qualities. He concludes by demonstrating that romanticism extends well into the twentieth century, where its deep and lasting impact may be measured in the work of writers such as T. S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aRomanticism in art.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / History / Romanticism.$2bisacsh