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Dupré, Louis

 
9780268026165: The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0268026165 ISBN 13 : 9780268026165
Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013

Synopsis

This eagerly awaited study brings to completion Louis Dupré's planned trilogy on European culture during the modern epoch. Demonstrating remarkable erudition and sweeping breadth, The Quest of the Absolute analyzes Romanticism as a unique cultural phenomenon and a spiritual revolution. Dupré philosophically reflects on its attempts to recapture the past and transform the present in a movement that is partly a return to premodern culture and partly a violent protest against it.

Following an introduction on the historical origins of the Romantic Movement, Dupré examines the principal Romantic poets of England (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats), Germany (Goethe, Schiller, Novalis, Hölderlin), and France (Lamartine, de Vigny, Hugo), all of whom, from different perspectives, pursued an absolute ideal. In the chapters of the second part, he concentrates on the critical principles of Romantic aesthetics, the Romantic image of the person as reflected in the novel, and Romantic ethical and political theories. In the chapters of the third, more speculative, part, he investigates the comprehensive syntheses of romantic thought in history, philosophy, and theology.

The Quest of the Absolute is an important work both as the culmination of Dupré's ongoing project and as a classic in its own right. The book will meet the expectations of the specialist as well as appeal to more general readers with philosophical, cultural, and religious interests.

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À propos de l'auteur

Louis Dupré was the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies at Yale University. He was the author of Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture and The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism.

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Éditeur
University of Notre Dame Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0268026165
ISBN 13 
9780268026165
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
387
Coordonnées du fabricant
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