Romanticism [addendum] When romanticism is understood broadly, as referring to a major development in European thought and culture since the turn of the nineteenth century that shows itself distinctly in the spheres of art, historical writing, and...

. Potential for the resort to force of arms characterized 15th-century French politics. Great magnates and princes of the blood regularly assembled coalitions of lesser men anxiously seeking patronage and protection. Those who openly challenged royal...

A broad movement in thought in philosophy that was a reaction to the technical rationality and empiricism of the Enlightenment. It has had its effects in education with its concerns for qualitative research and in the curriculum. See romantic...

Romanticism "Romanticism" and "romantic" are protean words, the despair of a rigorous semanticist. They designate a generally accepted period, especially in literature and the arts, of Western cultural history, roughly from...

Romanticism is an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated around the middle of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the Industrial Revolution. It was partly a revolt against aristocratic, social, and...

A play about a stablehand who mutilates horses was never going appeal to all, but "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe's assured performance in Peter Shaffer's "Equus" pleased London critics.Some theater writers expressed reservations about Peter Shaffer's play, first staged in London's West End in 1973,...

Indian police killed one of the country's most notorious bandits Sunday _ a man who ruled the ravines and forests of central India through a mixture of fear and love for three decades, with many hailing him as a modern-day Robin Hood.Shiv Kumar, also known...

Indian police killed one of the country's most notorious bandits Sunday _ a man who ruled the ravines and forests of central India through a mixture of fear and love for three decades, with many hailing him as a modern-day Robin Hood.Shiv Kumar, also known...

Ang Lee found himself caught up in political tensions between his native Taiwan and mainland China as he returned to the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.Two years after winning the top prize with "Brokeback Mountain," he's back with an erotic spy thriller set against the...

In the following essay, Wellek evaluates the theoretical component of the Italian Romantic movement, especially in the critical thought of Ugo Foscolo and Giacomo Leopardi.

In the following essay, Springer examines the importance of archaeological metaphors relating to the classical Roman past as part of the nationalist rhetoric of the democratic movement in Italy.

In the following essay, Hearder surveys the major works of poetry, fiction, and drama produced by Italian artists in the period 1790-1870.

This is an annotated bibliography of 35 of the most important contributions to the historicism of Romanticism in Britain, and of literary essays, all contributing to the most important references to the historiography of Romanticism in Britain.

Essay provides a discussion on romamtisism.

Describes how the Romantic hero, fashioned by the Romantics, is portrayed as a paradigmatic, random individual with a particular purpose. Considers how Through two of Longfellow's works, "A Psalm of Life", and "Excelsior", Longfellow illustrates the full picture of a Romantic hero.