Romanticism, he said, may perhaps be called the literature of intoxication and dream. Freud has pictured the human ego as living a harassed life between the conflicting claims of the instinctive, ...

something is different. Culture.pl is here to explain what makes Poland’s version of romanticism unique. The beginning of the Romantic period in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is thought to ...

The era of Romanticism ended over 150 years ago, yet traces of Romantic culture continue to influence Poland today. From scaling mountains and fighting monsters to reinterpreting classic texts as ...

In the slow movement of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, the opening flute melody contains chromatic notes as well as accompanying chords. These dissonances usually resolve to ...

B. J. Robinson, Ph.D. Bonnie J. (B.J.) Robinson, Ph.D., is the Director of the University of North Georgia Press and a professor of English at the University of North Georgia (UNG). She has published ...

The Romantic period started around 1830 and ended around 1900, as compositions became increasingly expressive and inventive. Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas, and ...

The 19th century witnessed a profound spike in nationalistic sentiment across Europe. From failed revolutions in Hungary, France, and Austria (1848) to the formal establishment of Italy (1861) and ...