The roots of Romanticism / Isaiah Berlin ; edited by Henry Hardy.

Main entry:

Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.

Title & Author:

The roots of Romanticism / Isaiah Berlin ; edited by Henry Hardy.

Publication:

Description:

xvi, 171 pages ; 24 cm

Series:

The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts
Bollingen series ; 45

Notes:
First publication of the 1965 A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. In Search of a Definition -- 2. The First Attack on Enlightenment -- 3. The True Fathers of Romanticism -- 4. The Restrained Romantics -- 5. Unbridled Romanticism -- 6. The Lasting Effects.

Summary:

For Isaiah Berlin, the Romantics set in train a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity's view of itself. They destroyed the traditional notions of objective truth and validity in ethics. In these lectures, Berlin surveys the myriad attempts to define Romanticism and distils its essence.

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Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691007136 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780691007137 (cl ; alk. paper)
0691086621
9780691086620

Subject:

Romanticism in art.
Arts, Modern 18th century.
Romantisme dans l'art.
Arts 18e siècle.
Arts, Modern
Kunst
Romantik
Aufsatzsammlung
Romantiek.
Romanticism.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Hardy, Henry, editor.
A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 1965.
Bollingen series ; 45.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209924
Call No.: NX452.5.R64 B47 1999
Status: Available

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