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Book SynopsisAsserts that the Romantic heritage, far from being important only in a historical sense, has philosophical relevance and value for contemporary art and culture. The author touches upon each main branch of philosophy aesthetics, epistemology, and ethics.
Trade ReviewAddressing both a revolution in esthetics and an important development in the history of thought, Claudia Moscovici argues that in its break from the Enlightenment, Romanticism promoted core values such as verisimilitude, expressivity, and sensuality, that have become an important postromantic opposition — in our contemporary visual arts, especially — to Modernism and postmodernism. The discussion is fresh and engaging. -- Marshall C. Olds, Willa Cather Professor and Professor of Modern Languages, University of Nebraska
In Romanticism and Postromanticism, Claudia Moscovici writes that "art criticism, like philosophy, like love itself, depends upon cultivating a lucid passion." This book, which brings a breath of fresh air to the study of enduring themes, is the lucid, engaging result of Moscovici's own passion for literature, philosophy, and art. And it is much more, an enthusiastic appeal to eize the day, to live life to the fullest, complete with a manifesto and a roster of artists who epitomize the aspirations of the postromantic movement. -- William C. Carter, Distinguished Professor of French, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Claudia Moscovici is a historian of ideas, astute reader of literature, and sensitive interpreter of art. Her unusual, original book, vividly written, solidly researched, is both academically sound and passionately committed. Lucid chapters on Rousseau, Mme de Staël, Diderot, Wordsworth and Baudelaire define the aesthetics, ethics, and epistemology of the movement she calls postromanticism, alive today. Exciting to read. -- Edward K. Kaplan, Kaiserman Professor in the Humanities, Brandeis University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: The Branches of Romanticism Chapter 2 A Kiss Sent by Mail: The Expression of Passion in Rousseau's Julie, ou La Nouvelle Heloise Chapter 3 Between Two Worlds: Germaine de Stael's De L'Allemagne Chapter 4 Lucidity and Passion in Diderot's Aesthetics Chapter 5 Romantic Aesthetics: Wordsworth and Baudelaire Chapter 6 Aesthetics after Romanticism: On Originality, Individuality, and Autonomy in Art Chapter 7 A Sketch of Postromanticism Chapter 8 The Postromantic Manifesto Chapter 9 Postromantic Artists (postromanticism)
