Attention Deficit

by Peter J. Leithart

Romantics intended their poetry to heal England's A.D.D. Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2016

Avant Garde and the Profit Motive

by Peter J. Leithart

Avant-garde writers and composers profit by renouncing vulgar profit. Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2016

Leaving Riga

by Thomas Pfau

Romanticism: A German Affair by rüdiger safranski northwestern, 376 pages, $35 During the early Romantic era, subjective sentiments and an often solipsistic quest for personal fulfillment began to challenge Enlightenment ­ideals of rational dialogue. John Keats’s 1817 plea “for a life of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2016

Fragmentation and Aestheticism

by Peter J. Leithart

Modernity fragments. Modernity also throws up movements for organic-aesthetic unity. Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2015