German Romanticism and Its Institutions

by Theodore Ziolkowski

Book Overview

Using an illuminating method that challenges the popular notion of Romanticism as aesthetic escapism, Theodore Ziolkowski explores five institutions--mining, law, madhouses, universities, and museums--that provide the socio-historical context for German Romantic culture. He shows how German writers and thinkers helped to shape these five institutions, all of which assumed their modern form during the Romantic period, and how these social structures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691015236
• ISBN13: 9780691015231
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"