National Romanticism: The Formation of National Movements: Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe 1770?1945

Balazs Trencsenyi, Michal Kopecek

Central European University Press, Jan 1, 2006 - History - 513 pages

Presents and illustrates the formation of national movements in Central and Southeast Europe. The 67 texts, including hymns, manifestos, articles or extracts from lengthy studies exemplify the relation between Romanticism and national identity. The end of the eighteenth century and first decades of the nineteenth were in many respects a watershed period in European history. The ideas of the Enlightenment had shattered the old bonds and cast doubt upon the established moral and social norms of the old corporate society. The dramatic convulsions of the French Revolution revealed roads for the future development of European society. In arts and culture a new trend, Romanticism, was successfully asserting itself against Classicism. And, above all, a new group identity was announced, which elevated the nation as the supreme value. National Romanticism sought affiliation with this new community, the nation, which was easy to endow with a certain emotional attractiveness.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Chapter I: 19
• Austria and Germany: 27
• Legitimacy of the Polish nation: 33
• Speech for the opening of the course on national history: 42
• A History of the Czech nation in Bohemia and Moravia: 50
• History of the Hungarian war of independence of 18481849: 57
• Our national rebirth: 65
• History of the Hellenic nation: 72
• Bright graves Grandfather and grandson: 81
• Under the yoke: 87
• Ottoman history: 94
• Second conversation concerning the Czech language 103: 102
• Little SlavoSerbian song book of the common: 112
• Thoughts on how the translation of foreign belleslettres: 126
• Austria as it is: 132
• Babel or the local distortion of the Greek language: 138
• The Slovak dialect or the necessity of writing in this dialect: 148
• South Slavs or the Serbian nation with: 154
• viii: 160
• The Albanian nationality on the basis of popular songs: 168
• The popular costumes: 174
• Veda Slovena: 181
• Letter on the renewal of the Archbishopric of Ohrid: 188
• Political articles: 194
• The Daughter of Sláva: 205
• Pan Tadeusz: 211
• Hunnia: 224
• Proclamations: 230
• The draft: 238
• Of this great idea: 244
• Petition to the Emperor against the unification of Bohemia and Moravia: 255
• An examination of the question whether to annex the Car: 262
• Proposal Concerning the future political establishment: 268
• The song of Romania: 277
• Slavic philosophy: 284
• The basis of reform: 291
• Albania what it was what it is and what it will be?: 297
• Chapter IV: 305
• Austria and her future: 315
• Letter to Frankfurt 11 April 1848: 322
• Oration on the matter of the Hungarian and Slavonic: 330
• Dissertation or Treatise: 339
• Magyarism in Hungary: 348
• Nationality: 354
• The future of Austria: 361
• Nationality: 373
• Memorandum of the Secret Central Bulgarian Committee: 380
• Rise O Serbia: 391
• Hymn to Liberty: 403
• Vital truths of the Polish nation: 421
• The mountain wreath: 428
• Fieldmarshal Radetzky: 436
• Requests of the Slovak nation: 445
• A vision of the state: 451
• The course of revolution in the history of the Romanians: 463
• Hadji Dimiter The hanging of Vasil Levski: 473
• Motherland or Silistra: 486
• Hymn to Independence: 494

Bibliographic information

• Title: National Romanticism: The Formation of National Movements: Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe 1770?1945; Volume 2 of Discourses of Collective Ident; Volume 2 of Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe 1770–1945
• Editors: Balazs Trencsenyi, Michal Kopecek
• Publisher: Central European University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 963732660X, 9789637326608
• Length: 513 pages
• Subjects: Art / History / Romanticism; History / Europe / Eastern; History / Europe / General