The Humanistic Tradition features a flexible, topical approach that helps students understand humankind's creative legacy as a continuum rather than as a series of isolated events. This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary survey offers a global perspective, countless illustrations, and more than 150 literary sources. Available in multiple formats, The Humanistic Tradition explores the political, economic, and social contexts of human culture, providing a global and multicultural perspective which helps students better understand the relationship between the West and other world cultures.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Book 5: Romanticism, Realism, and the Nineteenth-Century World
27 The Romantic View of Nature
Looking Ahead
The Progress of Industrialization
Early Nineteenth-Century Thought
Nature and the Natural in European Literature
Nature and the Natural in Asian Literature
Romantic Landscape Painting
American Romanticism
Looking Back
28 The Romantic Hero
Looking Ahead
Nationalism and the Hero
The Promethean Hero
Goethe's Faust: The Quintessential Romantic Hero
Romantic Love and Romantic Stereotypes
Looking Back
29 The Romantic Style in Art and Music
Looking Ahead
Heroic Themes in Art
Trends in Mid Nineteenth-Century Architecture
The Romantic Style in Music
The Romantic Ballet
Romantic Opera
Looking Back
30 Industry, Empire, and the Realist Style
Looking Ahead
The Global Dominion of the West
Nineteenth-Century Social Theory
Realism in Literature
Realism in the Visual Arts
Late Nineteenth-Century Architecture
Realism in Music
Looking Back
31 The Move Toward Modernism
Looking Ahead
Late Nineteenth-Century Thought
Poetry in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Symbolists
Music in the Late Ninteenth Century: Debussy
Painting in the Late Ninteenth Century
Art Nouveau
Literature in the Late Nineteenth Century
The Arts of Africa and Oceania
Postimpressionism
Looking Back
