The era’s most significant legacy, however, is the curdling of romantic nationalism into something harsh and bitter. The revolutions of 1848 laid bare the limitations of liberal patriotism.

One of the consequences of this was the birth of “Romantic Nationalism”, which sacralised the idea of a nation being navigated by an “organic state” and whose roots were in a glorious past ...

There followed next a period of what Mr. Storm calls “romantic nationalism,” from 1815 to the European revolutions of 1848. These upheavals led to the widespread abolition of feudal and ...

Friedrich, the son of a soap boiler, lived and worked in Dresden, the centre of early Romanticism. Growing resistance in ... While his vision of nationalism was forward-thinking, aimed at liberation ...

But the romantic fixation on fantasies of medieval ... who defeated the Romans in a battle that became a symbol of German nationalism (there’s a monument to him in Minnesota, erected by German ...

From failed revolutions in Hungary, France, and Austria (1848) to the formal establishment of Italy (1861) and Germany (1871), the Romantic period was one of both political upheaval and unforgettable ...

Topics may include Sturm und Drang as social commentary; romantic theory in the wake of the French Revolution; romantic nationalism; the Faust theme; Weimar as a cultural center; and others. May be ...