The Wisdom of the Romantics

by Michael K. Kellogg

Explore the transformative power of Romanticism­--where emotion, imagination, and contradiction collide--through the eyes of its greatest thinkers and artists.

The post-Enlightenment movement known as Romanticism is a messy period; so messy, in fact, that many scholars eschew any attempt to define it. In reaction to the overreliance placed on reason by Enlightenment thinkers, Romantics emphasized individual freedom, emotional intensity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493087118
• ISBN13: 9781493087112
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 336 Pages