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'Romantic' and Its Cognates : The European History of a Word / Hans Eichner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indo-European languages--Semantics.
- Indo-European languages.
- Romantic (The English word).
- Indo-European languages--Cognate words.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (545 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This collection of essays traces the history of the word romantic in the major European languages, showing how romantic and its cognates were first introduced, how their usage spread and their connotations proliferated, and how their present usage became established.
- Contents:
- 'Romantic' and its cognates in England, Germany, and France before 1790 / Raymond Immerwahr
- Germany/romantisch -romantik -romantiker / Hans Eichner
- England/romantic -romanticism / George Whalley
- France/roman -romanesque -romantique -romantisme / Maurice Z. Shroder
- Italy/romantico -romanticismo / Olga Ragusa
- Spain/romántico -romanticismo -romancesco -romanesco -romancista -románico / Donald L. Shaw
- Scandinavia/romantisk -romantik -romantiker / P.M. Mitchell
- Russia/romaničeskij -romantičeskij -romantizm / Sigrid McLaughlin
- Trends in recent research on West European romanticism / Henry H.H. Remak.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781487596637
- 1487596634
- 9781442631816
- 1442631813
- OCLC:
- 1088923249
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