Romanticism Across the Disciplines

by Peer, Larry H.; Hoffmeister, Gerhart; Matteo, Sante; Barricelli, Franca; Moseley, David L.; Purinton, Marjean D.; Barricelli, Jean-Pierre; Garber, Frederick; Maleurve, Didier; Sprenger, Scott; Nemoianu, Virgil; Neubauer, John; Givens, Terryl L.; P.Russell

• ISBN13: 9780761811039
• ISBN10: 0761811036
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-11
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Romanticism Across the Disciplines brings together thirteen essays written by prominent scholars from America and abroad to identify Romanticism's presence outside of one national tradition or a single discourse field. These scholars point out the relationship between Romanticism and the problems of history, the interpretation of the arts, science, philosophy, and culture. They show how the ideas and effects of Romanticism have entered every field of study through their place in life. The presence of many different approaches to Romanticism demonstrate its diversity as a philosophy and provide an opportunity for a wide, deep understanding of Romanticism and its place in the world.

Author Biography

Franca R. Barricelli is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Jean-Pierre Barricelli was Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Riverside Frederick Garber is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at the State University of New York, Binghamton Terryl L. Givens is Associate Professor of English at the University of Richmond Gerhart Hoffmeister is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara Didier Maleuvre is Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara Sante Matteo is Professor of Italian at Miami University (Ohio) David L. Mosley is Associate Professor of Humanities and Music at Goshen College (Indiana) Virgil Nemoianu is William J. Byron Distinguished Professor of Literature at the Catholic University of America John Neubauer is Professor of Comparative Literature at the Universiteit van Amsterdam Larry H. Peer is Professor of Comparative Literature at Brigham Young University and Executive Director of the American Conference on Romanticism Marjean D. Purinton is Assistant Professor of English at Texas Tech University Anthony P. Russell is Associate Professor of English at the University of Richmond Scott Sprenger is Assistant Professor of French at Brigham Young University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	iii
Introduction	1	(10)
Larry H. Peer
Romanticism and History	11	(46)
Nationalism and Cultural Identity: The Dialectic of National and Global Views in Herder, A. W. Schlegel, and Goethe	11	(16)
Gerhart Hoffmeister
Ossian and Risorgimento: The Poetics of Nationalism	27	(14)
Sante Matteo
Il Conciliatore and Music: A Case of Romantic Oversight	41	(16)
Franca R. Barricelli
Romanticism, Music, and Literature	57	(60)
Wandering as Topic and Trope in Early Nineteenth-Century German Culture	57	(10)
David L. Mosley
Conceptually Defined Romanticism: Jeanette Winterson's The Passion as Romantic Novel	67	(32)
Marjean D. Purinton
Poesie and Suono: Balzac and Leopardi on Music	99	(18)
Jean-Pierre Barricelli
Romanticism and the Visual Arts	117	(70)
Assisting at the Light	117	(22)
Frederick Garber
The Aesthetics of Misplacement: the Romantic Museum	139	(16)
Didier Maleuvre
Balzac, Painting, and the Problem of Romanticism	155	(32)
Scott Sprenger
Romanticism and Philosophy	187	(68)
Robert Southey's The Doctor: The Conservatism of Voracious Reading	187	(20)
Virgil Nemoianu
Organic Form in Romantic Theory: The Case of Goethe's Morphology	207	(24)
John Neubauer
Romantic Agonies: Human Suffering and the Ethical Sublime	231	(24)
Terryl L. Givens
Anthony P. Russell
Notes on Contributors	255	(4)
Index	259