Book Review
What is the main argument of the book?
The argument of this book is to present a pithy as well as provocative introduction to the
Romanticism culture. This is because the author of the book, Blanning Tim remains in a
specifically good stance to speak of the Romanticism arrival on the European context/scene. The
author has done this with a verve, breadth as well as authority which surpasses each expectation.
Therefore, the main argument of the author in this book is that the European culture has never
repeated itself cyclically, yet it has dialectically developed. Romanticism substituting the
Enlightenment merely “a novel phase in the long-running dialectic between a culture of reason
and a culture of feeling.1
What scholarly debates or conversations is the author contributing to?
The main scholarly conversation or debates the author is contributing to remains the
arrival of the Romanticism culture on the European scene. Thus, the author presents a superb
and concise account of the cultural upheavals which still shapes the present-day sensibilities.
This is done from the preeminent historian of Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. The author
contributes to this rebellion against the Enlightenment rationality through Romanticism which
stood a profound divergent in expression which changed the arts and introduced in modernity,
while championing a return to the primitive and intuitive. This is seen when the author describes
its start in Rousseau’s novel “La Nouvelle Heloise” that put the artistic creator at centrally to the
aesthetic activities, and revealed how Goya, Goethe, Berlioz alongside other started
experimenting with such themes of artistic madness, sex role as a psychological force alongside
the utilization of the dreamlike imagery. Thus, Romantic Revolution remains a brilliant as well
1 Blanning, Timothy CW. The romantic revolution: A history. Vol. 34. Modern library, 2011.

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