Bloomsbury - The Romantic Historicism to Come - Academic Book

Explore the complex boundaries of historical study with The Romantic Historicism to Come by Bloomsbury Academic. This scholarly work addresses the tension between the longue duree and microhistory, as well as the divide between ideological critique and historical sympathy. By looking at the different ways literary historians approach their work, this book examines how the field risks fragmentation through varying methods of close and distant reading. This text seeks to build a more robust and capacious idea of history by engaging with existing uncertainties. It focuses specifically on Romantic conceptions of how history connects to the future. For students and researchers in literature and historical studies, this book provides a deep examination of how historical meaning is constructed and understood within the Romantic tradition.