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The romantic revolution : a history
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- Creator
- Tim Blanning
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Modern Library edition
- New York : Modern Library, 2011
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780679643593, 0679643591, 9780679605003, 0679605002
- OCLC
- ocn681488833
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-233) and index.
- The crisis of the Age of Reason. Rousseau on the road to Vincennes ; Rousseau's lovers : from a mimetic to an expressive aesthetic ; Nature and nature's laws ; The cult of genius ; The elevation of the artist and the sacralization of art ; The Philistine public -- The dark side of the moon. Dreams and nightmares ; The wonder-world of the night ; The sleep of reason ; The opiate of the artists; Great wits are sure to madness near allied ; Romantic heroes and heroines -- Language, history, and myth. The language of the people ; The history of the people ; Medievalism ; Landscape and myth ; Conservatives and revolutionaries -- Death and transfiguration