The Geography of Romanticism

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Florestan

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February 28, 2013, 12:13:53 AM
Quote from: starrynight on February 27, 2013, 09:35:26 AM
But how much is 'relevance' related to fashion?

A lot, perhaps. Romanticism itself was highly fashionable in its own time, with hordes of imitators and admirers.  It might very well be that at a later epoch than ours it will be trendy once again, resulting in Tieck's short stories being held in higher esteem than Tchekhov's and "Heinrich von Ofterdingen" being praised more than "Madame Bovary".  Sulla ruota di fortuna va girando la speranza. :)
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Florestan

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February 28, 2013, 04:07:15 AM
Quote from: Cato on February 27, 2013, 04:09:51 AM
Der Blonde Eckbert is one of the greatest stories you will ever read!

Just finished it. Your are right. Substitute Romanticism itself (or rather, herself) for Bertha, the Romantic poet for Eckbert, Art for the old woman in the forest / Walther / Hugo, Life for the bird and Moral Strength for the dog Strohmian --- and there you have one of the most devastating critiques of Romanticism I've ever read.  ;D



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Jaakko Keskinen

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March 11, 2019, 08:35:41 AM Last Edit: March 11, 2019, 08:37:14 AM by Alberich
Quote from: Cato on February 04, 2013, 12:12:35 PM
Also examples of Romanticism from literature in America are the stories of Washington Irving and, of course, Edgar Allen Poe.

6 years old post yet I have to say that you forgot perhaps the greatest representative of American Romanticism: Herman Melville. Mardi and Moby-Dick are absolutely brilliant! But yes, I definitely enjoy Irving and Poe as well!

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