The birth of the Romantic movement in literature and the first appearance of the philosophy of self. The French Revolution had thrown up Napoleon, who was devouring the whole of Europe and these political and military shocks produced a kind of intellectual power house which began in Jena in provincial Germany, where like-minded intellectual and artistic young people met as firm friends and, with the encouragement of Goethe and Schiller, inspired each other to great literary and philosophical heights on which we feed today. A clever, enlightening and entertaining book.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 112 Spring 2024 ) |
