The Romantic Revolution

Author: Tim Blanning Translator: Abdul Wadud Al-Omrani Number of pages: 270 pages Publisher: Arab Scientific Publishers Cover: Paperback The book "The Romantic Revolution" by British academic Tim Blanning is an extremely important historical, literary, and artistic reference. The author sees that there are two important revolutions that strongly influenced the modern world: the "French Revolution" (the mother of human rights and civil liberties) and the "Industrial Revolution" (the mother of technology and manufacturing). He then adds that there is a third revolution that greatly affected our modern world but has not received enough attention from historians, which is the "Romantic Revolution." He explains that this revolution is behind the concept of the contemporary individual artist and the value we now assign to artworks, as well as shaping our view of the world—an outlook not dominated solely by reason, but one that includes space for human feelings and emotions. The book is a rigorous study highlighting the role of the Romantic Revolution in our current perspective on literature, arts, and heritage. It is very rich in references for scholars and those wishing to delve deeper into this pivotal issue.