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1999

Format:	Book
Author:	Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
Title:	The roots of romanticism / Isaiah Berlin ; edited by Henry Hardy.
Publisher, Date:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
Description:	xvi, 171 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary:	For Isaiah Berlin, the Romantics set in train a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity's view of itself. They destroyed the traditional notions of objective truth and validity in ethics. In these lectures, Berlin surveys the myriad attempts to define Romanticism and distils its essence.
Series:	The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts Bollingen series ; 45 A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 1965. Bollingen series ; 45.
Subjects:	Romanticism in art. Arts, Modern -- 18th century.
Other Author:	Hardy, Henry.
Notes:	First publication of the 1965 A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	1. In Search of a Definition -- 2. The First Attack on Enlightenment -- 3. The True Fathers of Romanticism -- 4. The Restrained Romantics -- 5. Unbridled Romanticism -- 6. The Lasting Effects.
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LCCN:	98041657
ISBN:	0691007136 9780691007137 0691086621 9780691086620 0691007136
Other Number:	39811900
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Call Number:	141 Berlin

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