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Book SynopsisIn establishing this relationship between mood and voice, Pfau moves away from the conventional understanding of emotion as something "ownedor exclusively attributable to the individual and toward a theory of mood as fundamentally intersubjective and deserving of broader consideration in the study of Romanticism.
Trade ReviewA timely study. BARS Bulletin and Review 2006 Makes an original and compelling case. -- A. C. Goodson Studies in Romanticism 2006 Pfau offers interesting and fruitful readings. -- Matthew Bell Colloquia Germanica 2005 Pfau has introduced a new analytical category into literary studies, embedded it in a rich tradition of philosophical and theoretical speculation, and... laid the groundwork for future studies. -- George S. Williamson German Quarterly 2007 Pfau's aims... are wide-ranging and challenging, and his critical method is interesting. Year's Work in English Studies 2007 Thomas Pfau is to be congratulated for this erudite, insightful, and provocative attempt to write a history of the feelings that shaped and gave substance to English and German romanticism. -- Arnd Bohm Seminar: Journal of Germanic Studies 2008 Romantic Moods both succeeds on its own terms and offers an important model for those seeking an alternative to the historicist methods of interpretation that have dominated Romantic studies for the last two decades. -- Nicholas Halmi www.erudit.org 2008
