Romantic Affinities

by Rupert Christiansen

Book Overview

Romantic Affinities presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of Europe in an era of tumultuous change, as experienced and communicated by the writers of the age. Set against the hopes and dreams inspired by the French Revolution, the disillusion caused by its failure and the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars that followed, Rupert Christiansen draws the threads into an exciting narrative. Ranging over politics, art, music and using the voices of celebrated Romantic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399133100
• ISBN13: 9780399133107
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher