Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era

From Rousseau to Beethoven to Emerson, a = gateway to=20 the Romantic period throughout Europe and the=20 Americas

Christopher John=20 Murray, Editor

Key=20 Features About the=20 Editor Publication=20 Details

With nearly 800 entries, the Encyclopedia = of the=20 Romantic Era offers a comprehensive guide to Western = literature,=20 thought, music, visual arts, and science during the second = half of=20 the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth = century.=20 Looking beyond British culture to also examine developments = across=20 Europe and in the Americas, this illustrated two-volume set = will=20 help users map the profound changes in thought and = sensibility that=20 characterized this era.

Ranging from=20 detailed studies to broader surveys, entries consist of = analytical=20 essays with suggestions for further reading. Entries devoted = to=20 individuals also include selected works. In addition, = several=20 articles are dedicated to people and concepts not = traditionally=20 defined as "Romantic," casting new light on the very concept = of=20 Romanticism by cataloging the rich interplay of cultural = influences=20 and crosscurrents at work.

Conceived as a=20 wide-ranging research tool, the Encyclopedia spans = academic=20 disciplines and geographic boundaries to offer students of = history,=20 literature, and Western civilization a comprehensive gateway = to the=20 Romantic era. It offers librarians a one-stop reference = source for=20 questions on Romantic arts, thought, and individuals, = setting them=20 within a broad historical framework that includes their = social and=20 political contexts.

More than 250=20 scholars in the United States and Europe have contributed to = this=20 encyclopedia, making it unique in its international scope. = The=20 Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era provides a detailed = account=20 of this period of turmoil, innovation, and artistic = achievement,=20 bringing a fresh new perspective to its = study.

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Expansive coverage includes articles on influential = people and=20 ideas outside the scope of other works on = Romanticism

Nearly 800 contributed entries ranging from broad = surveys to=20 detailed examinations of key concepts, individuals, works, = and=20 critical approaches

International perspective brings a new understanding = to the=20 study of this period

Over 100 illustrations including portraits of = individuals and=20 reproductions of key works of art

Christopher John Murray is a writer and = editor in the=20 fields of cultural and intellectual history. His previous = edited=20 publications include the Encyclopedia of Literary Critics = and=20 Criticism (Fitzroy Dearborn 1999) and the two-volume = Key=20 Writers on Art (Routledge 2002). His is also editor of = the=20 forthcoming Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought, to = be=20 published by Routledge in 2004.

December 2003=20

Hb 1-57958-361-X=20

1328 pages

112 b/w illus.

8-1/2" x 11" Library Binding=20

Acid-Free Paper=20

$250.00 [Can. $375.00]=20

A Fitzroy = Dearborn=20 reference work, now published by Routledge