FREE THE ROMANTIC REVOLUTION PDF Tim Blanning | 256 pages | 27 Oct 2011 | Orion Publishing Co | 9780753828656 | English | London, United Kingdom Romanticism - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Three great revolutions rocked the world around The first two - the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution - have inspired the greatest volume of literature. But the third - the romantic revolution - was perhaps the most fundamental and far-reaching. From Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Burns, to Beethoven, Wagner, Berlioz, Rossini and Liszt, to Goya, Turner, Delacroix and Blake, the romantics brought about nothing less than a revolution when they tore up the artistic rule book of the old regime. This was the period in which art acquired its modern meaning; for the first time the creator, rather than the created, took centre-stage. The Romantic Revolution became the high priests of a new religion, and as the concert hall and The Romantic Revolution came to take the place of the church, the public found a new subject worthy of veneration in paintings, poetry and music. Tim Blanning's wide-ranging survey traces the roots and evolution of a cultural revolution whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Modern Library Chronicles The Romantic Revolution European Book Prize Nominee for Non-fiction Other Editions 9. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Romantic Revolutionplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Romantic Revolution. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Romantic Revolution. Jun 13, Jan-Maat added it Shelves: europemodern-historyearly-modern-history21st-century. The Romantic Revolution is a very short book divided between two ideas: the Romantic as a revolution or absolute outwardness and the Romantic as Hegel's "absolute inwardness". Blanning's central insight is that "European culture has not repeated itself cyclically but has developed dialectically. The geographical focus of the book is mostly on Britain, France This is a very short book divided between two ideas: the Romantic as a revolution or absolute outwardness The Romantic Revolution the Romantic as Hegel's "absolute inwardness". The geographical focus of the book is mostly on Britain, France and Germany Goya and Rossini virtually the sole representations of their countries here, but there is a limit to what you can squeeze into less than pages and in contrast to Hampson's The Enlightenment this book is not restricted to literature but takes in painting, music and architecture as well. Both the revolutionary aspect of the Romantic and the absolute inwardness are clearly related in the first two chapters which see the emphasis on the personal in 18th century religion allowing the development of an idea of revelation within and the sacralisation of the interior, from which grew a cult of genius and of Art as sacred. Art then was elevated as an end in itself, not in service to Prince or public - both potentially philistine and incapable of the appropriate reverence for the genius. The application of absolute inwardness to politics however led to an explosion of inconsistency and variety. The likes of Napoleon could be both an Enlightenment figure, a patron of Classicism as well as being inspired by the Ossian forgeries and was an aspiring Romantic novelist before his political career really took off. Victor Hugo could shift from Royalist, to Bonapartist to Republican, remaining a Romantic all the while. Absolute inwardness allows for absolute inconsistency, or perhaps more fairly a one word label only rarely can represent the sum of a person's life and thought. This is an extended essay spinning off in many directions national myth! This is all very entertaining but at risk The Romantic Revolution being slightly insubstantial. Perhaps that is itself an appropriate tribute towards the tendency of the Romantic to Pantheism. View all 16 comments. Apr 11, Murtaza added it. There is an unacknowledged tendency in popular culture to try and seek a far greater meaning in music or art than seems to be immediately apparent. The roots of this are in the Romantic tendency, a reaction against the over-rationalization of a world that had already been disenchanted by the loss of religion. This disenchantment is one of my main areas of interest, on its own merits but also because Romanticism has had a huge impact on the developing world over the past century of its modernizat There is an unacknowledged tendency in popular culture to try and seek a far greater meaning in music or art than seems to be immediately apparent. This disenchantment is one of my main areas of interest, on its own merits but also because Romanticism has had a huge impact on the developing world over the past century of its modernization. This book could be described as a short overview of European Romanticism. I found The Romantic Revolution of it familiar in broad strokes if not in details. Unfortunately it read like a bit of an index rather than a coherent narrative of any sort. If you are totally unfamiliar with the roots and relevance of Romantic philosophy this might be helpful. It did not resonate much with me, though not necessarily due to its lack of merit. I absolutely loved this book. It covers a very great deal, and is very informative, while remaining a light, easy and fun read. Nice when an author can pull that off! There were enough references to Keats to please me, along with a lack of embarrassment about the sexy side of Romanticism, and extra interest was The Romantic Revolution by some useful The Romantic Revolution of creative works that were new The Romantic Revolution me though as you've probably gathered I've read a fair bit about the The Romantic Revolution by The Romantic Revolution. Even more intriguingly, the tale beg I absolutely loved this book. Even more intriguingly, the tale begins with the Enlightenment and Rousseau's break from it; Blanning glances back earlier still when necessary; and then he finishes by tracing the effects of the The Romantic Revolution Revolution through to our present day culture. All of that in pages, plus Notes! Bravo, Tim Blanning! Happily recommended for anyone at all who's interested in this era, its people and its creative works. If you're new to Romanticism, this is The Romantic Revolution terrific way in. If you're already in, you just might find something new. I absolutely loved it. Like The Romantic Revolution an index tried to string words between its entries. Jan 17, WKanert rated it it was amazing. Blanning gives an enlightening account of the romantic revolution in the 18th and 19th century. Describing the European movement, but The Romantic Revolution also national differences, this work is very readable and contributes to understanding of the movement in historical context. Apr 23, AC rated it it was amazing Shelves: 19th-centuryromanticism. A truly excellent, clear, brief examination of the Romantic period. Highly recommended. Good overview of Romanticism and what it meant for Europe's art scene, writing, music, philosophy, culture, history, and psyche. This is short, odd page introduction to the basic tenets of what Romanticism was, its beliefs, its proponents, its historical location in society and the era it developed within. Its a whirlwind study, and Tim Blanning condenses the books main focus with a prose The Romantic Revolution it not too bogged down academically, but rather quite straightforwardly written, by covering the main characters and artistic works whom are associated with this artistic and cultural movement. Romanticism essentially was a reac This is short, odd page introduction to the basic tenets of what Romanticism was, its beliefs, its proponents, its historical location in society and the era it developed within. Romanticism essentially was a reaction I dont know if reaction is quite a correct word to use or an artistic response The Romantic Revolution the Enlightenment which led to the French Revolution and the victory of reason over The Romantic Revolution and faith to an extent. I suppose, and what Tim Blanning suggests, it was an art form that looked 'inward', or rather it heralded away from the dominance of encroaching secularism which was covering Europe at that time. Anyway, all the main Romantic authors, artists, poets and musicians are covered here as well as it being a Europe-wide study focusing I think maybe a little too much on the German Romantics, which I suppose could The Romantic Revolution described as being reactionary with the focus on their 'national historical identity', and we all know where that ended up. Regardless, the movement also had its political edge too, and there were many left wing Romantics Shelley et al too, so I find it hard to categorise it as The Romantic Revolution reactionary, backward looking cultural phenomenon, quite the contrary in some ways. However I found the study The Romantic Revolution interesting, quick, fact-filled book containing some good avenues of further reading as well as discovering some quite interesting artists of this time that I was unaware about. View 2 comments. A fine short introduction to the Romantic movement. Clear prose, all the major figures are dealt with, and the inclusion of a The Romantic Revolution of suggested further reading will lead the curious The Romantic Revolution elsewhere.