'Romantic' and Its Cognates: The European History of a Word

by Hans Eichner (Editor)

Overview

This collection of essays traces the history of the word romantic in the major European languages, showing how romantic and its cognates were first introduced, how their usage spread and their connotations proliferated, and how their present usage became established.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487598310
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1972
Pages:	546
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.22(d)

About the Author

Hans Eichner (1921-2009) was a professor of German at the University of Toronto. He published and edited numerous books and articles on German literature, ranging over two centuries, from Goethe to Thomas Mann. He had an international reputation as a scholar of German Romanticism. In particular, his work on Friedrich Schlegel, which included several books, many articles and the co-editorship of the historical-critical edition, made him a leading authority on that author.