Rousseau and Romanticism

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Rousseau and Romanticism is a critical study by Irving Babbitt that examines Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influence on the development of Romantic thought and its cultural and moral consequences.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
literary criticism work ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
associatedWith New Humanism ⓘ
author Irving Babbitt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes romantic individualism ⓘ
sentimentalism ⓘ
critiques cult of the self ⓘ
rejection of classical restraint ⓘ
examines ethical implications of Romanticism ⓘ
impact of Rousseau on nineteenth-century literature ⓘ
relationship between emotion and reason ⓘ
relationship between nature and culture ⓘ
focusesOn Rousseau’s influence on Romantic thought ⓘ
cultural consequences of Romanticism ⓘ
moral consequences of Romanticism ⓘ
genre cultural criticism ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
hasCriticalReception influential in early twentieth-century debates on Romanticism ⓘ
hasPart analysis of Romantic imagination ⓘ
analysis of Rousseau’s doctrine of nature ⓘ
critique of modern individualism ⓘ
discussion of moral discipline ⓘ
influencedBy classical tradition ⓘ
humanist ethics ⓘ
intendedAudience students of intellectual history ⓘ
students of literature ⓘ
students of philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ
movementCritiqued Romantic movement ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
notableFor linking Romanticism to modern cultural problems ⓘ
systematic critique of Rousseau’s legacy ⓘ
philosophicalPerspective anti-Romantic ⓘ
classical ethical perspective ⓘ
placesInContext Rousseau’s role in modern European thought ⓘ
relatedWork Democracy and Leadership ⓘ
Literature and the American College ⓘ
supports classical humanism ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed eighteenth century ⓘ
modern era ⓘ
nineteenth century ⓘ

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Literature and the American College → relatedWork → Rousseau and Romanticism ⓘ
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linked to: Rousseau and Romanticism