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The Current of Romantic Passion

The Current of Romantic Passion( )
Author: Robinson, Jeffrey
ISBN:978-0-299-12964-4
Publication Date:Aug 1991
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

Deftly probing the ambivalence of Romantic writers on the subjects of "passion" and "beauty," Robinson shows how this ambivalence is also central to the experience of the modern critic in Western society.  Is the reader's experience of beauty in art an escape from troubling reality?  Or does desire for beauty spur social criticism and reform?  Does the representation of erotic passion, as a sign of social critique, exist to be transcended for disinterested...
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Book Details
Pages:214
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.5 Inches
Book Weight:0.649 Pounds



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