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The Quest of the Absolute - Birth and Decline of European Romanticism (Paperback)
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The Quest of the Absolute - Birth and Decline of European Romanticism (Paperback)
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This eagerly awaited study brings to completion Louis Dupre'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. Dupre 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, Dupre examines
the principal Romantic poets of England (Wordsworth, Coleridge,
Shelley, Keats), Germany (Goethe, Schiller, Novalis, Hoelderlin),
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 Dupre'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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