European Romanticism

Stephen Prickett is Regius Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Glasgow and Honorary Professor at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. He has previously held positions at Duke University, Baylor University, the Australian National University in Canberra, Smith College, Massachusetts, The University of Minnesota, Aarhus University, Denmark, and the National University of Singapore. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, former Chairman of the UK Higher Education Foundation, former President of the European Society for the Study of Literature and Theology and President of the George MacDonald Society.

• PART 1: CONTEXTS General Introduction: Stephen Prickett (University of Kent, UK)Introduction to British Romanticism: Simon Haines ( Chinese University of Hong Kong) & Christopher Strathman (Case Western Reserve University, USA) Introduction to Czech Romanticism: Martin Procházka (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) Introduction to Danish Romanticism: Marie-Louise Svane (Copenhagen University, Denmark) Introduction to French Romanticism: Gérard Gengembre (University of Caen, France) Introduction to German Romanticism: Nicholas Saul (University of Durham, UK) Introduction to Hungarian Romanticism: László Gyapay (University of Miskolc, Hungary) Introduction to Italian Romanticism: Anne O'Connor (National University of Ireland, Galway, RI) Introduction to Norwegian Romanticism: Gudleiv Bø (University of Oslo, Norway) Introduction to Polish Romanticism: Miroslawa Modrzewska (University of Gdansk, Poland) Introduction to Portuguese Romanticism: Carlos Leone Introduction to Romanian Romanticism: Mihaelea Irimea (University of Bucharest, Rumania) Introduction to Russian Romanticism: Dmitri Usenco Introduction to Spanish Romanticism: Richard Cardwell (University of Nottingham, UK) Introduction to Swedish and Finnish Romanticism: Håkon Möller (University of Helsinki, Finland) The impact of European Romanticism in Japan, Ayumi Mizukoshi (Teikyo University, Japan) The impact of European Romanticism in North America, Christopher Strathman (Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA) PART 2: TEXTS I. AESTHETICS AND POETICS II. THE SELF III. HISTORY AND POLITICS IV. LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETATION V. MYTH, RELIGION, AND THE SUPERNATURAL VI. NATURE VII. THE EXOTIC VIII. SCIENCE

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