The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals)

The Origins of Romanticism

Christopher Thacker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

292 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-64799-2 (ISBN)

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First published in 1983. This book charts the growth of Romanticism from the initial reactions to the authoritarian classicism of Louis XIV, through the ‘codification’ of the Sublime by Burke in the 1750s, to the fascination with mystery, fear and violence which dominated the writing of the late eighteenth century. The origins of the movement are found in the writings of Rousseau and admiration for the ‘noble savage’, the development of the landscape garden, discoveries in the South Seas, new approaches to ‘primitive’ poetry and enthusiasm for gothic art and literature. These attitudes are contrasted with the more classical views of writers like Samuel Johnson.

Christopher Thacker

Lists of plates; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Status Quo 2. Reaction 3. The Primitive; 4. Man-in-nature 5. Primitive Man 6. The Heyday 7. Ossian 8. ‘That Long Labyrinth of Darkness 9. The Noble Savage 10. The Wildness Pleases 11. Whiffs of Grapeshot; Additional bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	24 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-138-64799-3 / 1138647993
ISBN-13	978-1-138-64799-2 / 9781138647992
Zustand	Neuware