Encyclopedia Of The Romantic Era, 1760-1850

Description: Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era takes a broad view of this cultural period, focusing on the developments that can be seen as characterizing the profound changes in thought and sensibility that occurred during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. This illustrated, two-volume set of approximately 850 entries, including some that examine individuals and concepts not usually viewed as 'Romantic' (such as Kant and French artist Jacques-Louis David), will consist of analytical essays with annotated bibliographies, suggestions for further reading, and, in the case of individual-entries, a separate paragraph of biographical information. The principle aims of Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era are to provide readers with a clear, detailed, and accurate account of the literature, thought, music, and art of the period; to indicate the rich interplay of international influences and cross-currents at work; and to explore the many issues raised by the very concepts of Romantic and Romanticism. ALA/RUSA Oustanding Reference Source 2004 Advisory Board: M.H. Abrams, Dept of English, Cornell University Glenda Abramson, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Oxford University Paul Bishop, Dept of German, University of Gla Table of Contents: Entries include: Aesthetics and art criticism; Austen, Jane (1775-1817); Baudelaire, Charles(-Pierre) (1821-1867); Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827); British Romanticism: approaches and interpretations; Catholicism; Chopin, Frederic (1810-1849); Coleridge, Samuel Taylor; Dante and the Divine Comedy; Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895); Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882); Enlightenment; Feminist approaches to the Romantic era; Fourier, Charles (1772- 1837); Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832); Gothic literature; Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864); Homosexuality; Jane Eyre (1847) Bronte, Charlotte; Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804); Latin America and the Caribbean: cultural survey; Leaves of Grass (1855) Whitman; Milton and Paradise Lost; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791); Music; Neoclassicism; Paine, Thomas (1737-1809); Realism; Renaissance; Slavery; Symbol and allegory; Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862); Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805-1859); Transcendentalism (American); Utopia.