Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity

by Michael Löwy and Robert Sayre

Book Overview

Romanticism is a worldview that finds expression over a whole range of cultural fields--not only in literature and art but in philosophy, theology, political theory, and social movements. In Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity Michael L wy and Robert Sayre formulate a theory that defines romanticism as a cultural protest against modern bourgeois industrial civilization and work to reveal the unity that underlies the extraordinary diversity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822327945
• ISBN13: 9780822327943
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"