A half-century of greatness : the creative imagination of Europe, 1848-1884 / Frederic Ewen ; edited...
A half-century of greatness : the creative imagination of Europe, 1848-1884 / Frederic Ewen ; edited...
A half-century of greatness : the creative imagination of Europe, 1848-1884 / Frederic Ewen ; edited by Jeffrey Wollock ; foreword by Aaron Kramer.
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New York : New York University Press, c2007.
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N940.28/55
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English
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xviii, 571 p. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Aaron Kramer -- Pt. I. England at the Great Divide: 1830-1848 -- 1. The Battle for Reform -- 2. The Battle for Minds and Secular Salvation: "Utopia" and "Utility" -- "Utopia" -- "Utility"and "Happiness" -- 3. Thomas Carlyle: Out of the "Nay" into the "Everlasting Yea" -- 4. Charles Dicken...
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New York : New York University Press, c2007.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2007.
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"A Half-Century of Greatness paints a vivid and dramatic picture of the creative thought of mid- to late nineteenth century Europe and the influence of the unsuccessful revolutions of 1848. Frederic Ewen reveals often unexpected links between novelists, poets, and philosophers from England, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine - especiall...
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A half-century of greatness : the creative imagination of Europe, 1848-1884 / Frederic Ewen ; edited by Jeffrey Wollock ; foreword by Aaron Kramer.
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Continues: Heroic imagination.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-535) and index.
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c2007.
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N940.28/55
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74VK3w4qGoMg
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0814722369 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814722367 (cloth : alk. paper)
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940.28
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991023647639702626
