Paul Hamilton read English and Philosophy at Glasgow University. He took a D.Phil. at Oxford University, where he was a Junior Research Fellow, and then College Lecturer at Balliol College. Following posts at the University of Nottingham, Exeter College, Oxford, and the University of Southampton, he became Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London in 1996. Hamilton is the author of Metaromanticism (University of Chicago Press, 2003), Coleridge and German Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2007), and Realpoetik: European Romanticism and Literary Politics (OUP,2013).

The Oxford Handbook of European Romanticism is a splendid volume that fills a need. ... This rigorous survey of the broad European movement of Romanticism is thus a welcome reference counterpoint to what currently exists for students and researchers. Hamilton made the deft editorial decision to divide the handbook into two sections: "Language" and "Discourses". Considering the topic by language does justice to the critical and creative communities that saw themselves as such while avoiding the anachronistic awkwardness of referring to nations or states that did not or no longer exist. This division also allows the volume to strike a nice balance between topics one would expect and topics that are refreshingly innovative ("Discourses"). ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.

• Introduction ; 1. Pre-Romantic French Thought ; 2. Literary History and Political Theory in Germaine de Stael's idea of Europe ; 3. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand: Migrations and Revolution ; 4. Stendhal ; 5. The Novel and the (Il)Legibility of History: Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas ; 6. Romantic Drama: The Mask of Genius ; 7. French Romantic Poetry ; 8. Frenetic Romanticism ; 9. Johann Georg Hamann: Metacritique and Poesis in Counter-Enlightenment ; 10. Freedom, Reason, and Art in Idealist and Romantic Philosophy ; 11. Friedrich von Hardenberg (pseudonym: Novalis) ; 12. Jena 1789-1819: Ideas, Poetry, and Politics ; 13. Gender and Genre in the Works of German Romantic Women Writers ; 14. The Scepticism of Heinrich von Kleist ; 15. Friedrich Holderlin's Romantic Classicism ; 16. Goethe the Writer ; 17. Goethe's Figurative Method ; 18. Heidelberg, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna ; 19. Hungarian Romanticism: Re-Imagining (Literary) History ; 20. The Task of Italian Romanticism: Literary Form and Polemical Response ; 21. Voice, speaking, silence in Leopardi's verse ; 22. Leopardi as a writer of prose ; 23. 'European Man and Writer': Romanticism, the Classics, and Political Action in the Exemplary Life of Ugo Foscolo. ; 24. Manzoni's Persistence ; 25. Personal Demons and the Spectre of Tradition in Spanish Romantic Drama ; 26. Russian Literature Between Classicism and Romanticism: Poetry, Feeling, Subjectivity ; 27. Alexander Pushkin as a Romantic ; 28. The Geography of Russian Romantic Prose: Bestuzhev, Lermontov, Gogol and Early Dostoevsky ; 29. Polish Romanticism ; 30. Scandinavian Romanticism ; 31. The Romantic construction of Greece ; 32. Geographies of Historical Discourse ; 33. Histories of Geography ; 34. Romantic Political Thought ; 35. Science and the Scientific Disciplines ; 36. Life and Death in Paris: Medical and Life Sciences in the Romantic Era ; 37. Religion ; 38. Theatre, Drama and Vision in the Romantic Age: Stages of the New ; 39. Identity Crises: Celebrity, Anonymity, Doubles, and Frauds in European Romanticism ; 40. Theories of Language ; 41. Europe's Discourse of Britain

Paul Hamilton read English and Philosophy at Glasgow University. He took a D.Phil. at Oxford University, where he was a Junior Research Fellow, and then College Lecturer at Balliol College. Following posts at the University of Nottingham, Exeter College, Oxford, and the University of Southampton, he became Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London in 1996. Hamilton is the author of Metaromanticism (University of Chicago Press, 2003), Coleridge and German Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2007), and Realpoetik: European Romanticism and Literary Politics (OUP,2013).

The Oxford Handbook of European Romanticism is a splendid volume that fills a need. ... This rigorous survey of the broad European movement of Romanticism is thus a welcome reference counterpoint to what currently exists for students and researchers. Hamilton made the deft editorial decision to divide the handbook into two sections: "Language" and "Discourses". Considering the topic by language does justice to the critical and creative communities that saw themselves as such while avoiding the anachronistic awkwardness of referring to nations or states that did not or no longer exist. This division also allows the volume to strike a nice balance between topics one would expect and topics that are refreshingly innovative ("Discourses"). ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.

• Introduction ; 1. Pre-Romantic French Thought ; 2. Literary History and Political Theory in Germaine de Stael's idea of Europe ; 3. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand: Migrations and Revolution ; 4. Stendhal ; 5. The Novel and the (Il)Legibility of History: Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas ; 6. Romantic Drama: The Mask of Genius ; 7. French Romantic Poetry ; 8. Frenetic Romanticism ; 9. Johann Georg Hamann: Metacritique and Poesis in Counter-Enlightenment ; 10. Freedom, Reason, and Art in Idealist and Romantic Philosophy ; 11. Friedrich von Hardenberg (pseudonym: Novalis) ; 12. Jena 1789-1819: Ideas, Poetry, and Politics ; 13. Gender and Genre in the Works of German Romantic Women Writers ; 14. The Scepticism of Heinrich von Kleist ; 15. Friedrich Holderlin's Romantic Classicism ; 16. Goethe the Writer ; 17. Goethe's Figurative Method ; 18. Heidelberg, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna ; 19. Hungarian Romanticism: Re-Imagining (Literary) History ; 20. The Task of Italian Romanticism: Literary Form and Polemical Response ; 21. Voice, speaking, silence in Leopardi's verse ; 22. Leopardi as a writer of prose ; 23. 'European Man and Writer': Romanticism, the Classics, and Political Action in the Exemplary Life of Ugo Foscolo. ; 24. Manzoni's Persistence ; 25. Personal Demons and the Spectre of Tradition in Spanish Romantic Drama ; 26. Russian Literature Between Classicism and Romanticism: Poetry, Feeling, Subjectivity ; 27. Alexander Pushkin as a Romantic ; 28. The Geography of Russian Romantic Prose: Bestuzhev, Lermontov, Gogol and Early Dostoevsky ; 29. Polish Romanticism ; 30. Scandinavian Romanticism ; 31. The Romantic construction of Greece ; 32. Geographies of Historical Discourse ; 33. Histories of Geography ; 34. Romantic Political Thought ; 35. Science and the Scientific Disciplines ; 36. Life and Death in Paris: Medical and Life Sciences in the Romantic Era ; 37. Religion ; 38. Theatre, Drama and Vision in the Romantic Age: Stages of the New ; 39. Identity Crises: Celebrity, Anonymity, Doubles, and Frauds in European Romanticism ; 40. Theories of Language ; 41. Europe's Discourse of Britain

Paul Hamilton read English and Philosophy at Glasgow University. He took a D.Phil. at Oxford University, where he was a Junior Research Fellow, and then College Lecturer at Balliol College. Following posts at the University of Nottingham, Exeter College, Oxford, and the University of Southampton, he became Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London in 1996. Hamilton is the author of Metaromanticism (University of Chicago Press, 2003), Coleridge and German Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2007), and Realpoetik: European Romanticism and Literary Politics (OUP,2013).

The Oxford Handbook of European Romanticism is a splendid volume that fills a need. ... This rigorous survey of the broad European movement of Romanticism is thus a welcome reference counterpoint to what currently exists for students and researchers. Hamilton made the deft editorial decision to divide the handbook into two sections: "Language" and "Discourses". Considering the topic by language does justice to the critical and creative communities that saw themselves as such while avoiding the anachronistic awkwardness of referring to nations or states that did not or no longer exist. This division also allows the volume to strike a nice balance between topics one would expect and topics that are refreshingly innovative ("Discourses"). ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.

• Introduction ; 1. Pre-Romantic French Thought ; 2. Literary History and Political Theory in Germaine de Stael's idea of Europe ; 3. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand: Migrations and Revolution ; 4. Stendhal ; 5. The Novel and the (Il)Legibility of History: Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas ; 6. Romantic Drama: The Mask of Genius ; 7. French Romantic Poetry ; 8. Frenetic Romanticism ; 9. Johann Georg Hamann: Metacritique and Poesis in Counter-Enlightenment ; 10. Freedom, Reason, and Art in Idealist and Romantic Philosophy ; 11. Friedrich von Hardenberg (pseudonym: Novalis) ; 12. Jena 1789-1819: Ideas, Poetry, and Politics ; 13. Gender and Genre in the Works of German Romantic Women Writers ; 14. The Scepticism of Heinrich von Kleist ; 15. Friedrich Holderlin's Romantic Classicism ; 16. Goethe the Writer ; 17. Goethe's Figurative Method ; 18. Heidelberg, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna ; 19. Hungarian Romanticism: Re-Imagining (Literary) History ; 20. The Task of Italian Romanticism: Literary Form and Polemical Response ; 21. Voice, speaking, silence in Leopardi's verse ; 22. Leopardi as a writer of prose ; 23. 'European Man and Writer': Romanticism, the Classics, and Political Action in the Exemplary Life of Ugo Foscolo. ; 24. Manzoni's Persistence ; 25. Personal Demons and the Spectre of Tradition in Spanish Romantic Drama ; 26. Russian Literature Between Classicism and Romanticism: Poetry, Feeling, Subjectivity ; 27. Alexander Pushkin as a Romantic ; 28. The Geography of Russian Romantic Prose: Bestuzhev, Lermontov, Gogol and Early Dostoevsky ; 29. Polish Romanticism ; 30. Scandinavian Romanticism ; 31. The Romantic construction of Greece ; 32. Geographies of Historical Discourse ; 33. Histories of Geography ; 34. Romantic Political Thought ; 35. Science and the Scientific Disciplines ; 36. Life and Death in Paris: Medical and Life Sciences in the Romantic Era ; 37. Religion ; 38. Theatre, Drama and Vision in the Romantic Age: Stages of the New ; 39. Identity Crises: Celebrity, Anonymity, Doubles, and Frauds in European Romanticism ; 40. Theories of Language ; 41. Europe's Discourse of Britain