TUREY Klara - Boleslaw Prus and romanticism. Lvov 1937.

Author: TUREY Klara

Title: Boleslaw Prus and Romanticism.

• Series: Literary Studies vol. VIII
• Place of issue: Lviv
• Year of publication: 1937
• Publisher: Printed by Filomata
• Number of pages: [4], 224, [1].
• Illustrations, maps: ---
• Size: 21.5 cm
• Binding: publisher's soft
• Condition: cover scuffs, trace of small dampstain on bottom margin, block uncut!
• ISBN: ---

Description:

The book is an extended dissertation on the literary works of Boleslaw Prus, who wrote his works mainly in the positivist trend, and his relationship with the ideals and assumptions of the Romantic era.

Table of contents:

Introduction: Romanticism after 1863.

Romantic individualism

Individualism as a problem of culture

Individualism in "Lalka"

Individualism and the concept of the role of the gentile in "Emancipantes"

Individualism in "Pharaoh"

Individualism in Prus vs. Flaubert

Individualism in Prus and romantic individualism

Literary experience

Literary experience in Romanticism

The role of literary experience in "The Doll"

Critical position on the role of literary experience

Romantic love

The concept of love in the Romantic era

Love in the early works of Prus

Romantic love in "The Doll"

Love in "Lalka" and in "Dziady"

Criticism of romantic love

Prus' theory of love and view of the role of women

Psychopathology

Psychopathology in the Romantic era

Psychopathology in Prus

Psychopathology in Flaubert

Psychological method

Romantic psychology of the child

The child in Romanticism

Romantic psychology of the child in Prus

Sentimental and romantic characters

Romanticism in Prus' ideology

Conclusion: The romantic basis of Prus's work