Historians of French and German literature are accustomed to set off a period, or a division of their subject, and entitle it "Romanticism" or "the Romantic School."
Historians of French and German literature are accustomed to set off a period, or a division of their subject, and entitle it "Romanticism" or "the Romantic School."
If the Age of Reason was the masculine Yang, then it can be said Romanticism, invariably, was its creative feminine counterpoint, the Yin. Plato’s argumentative philosophical essays in The... More > Republic on the dynamism and contrast between sense (the head) and sensibility (the heart) was Kant’s discourse on phenomenon and its antipode, noumenon. Mathematics is abstract form but it is not beauty. A rose is beauty but it is not abstract form. The language of mathematics in scientific realism became a central component of the Age of Reason. In contrast, the language of the rose expressing abstract sentiment became a central component of Romanticism. Blake’s tyger is seen as raging and burning bright while Poe’s dreams come quietly in the dark of night. Both poets used Romantic language and allegories to convey different aspects of reason, sentiment, and intuition. The poet could not live his experience with his audience symbiotically but they could share in his experience empathically through his gift of words.< Less
What awakens the soul to knowledge of the divine: Love, art, beauty, tribulation, music, light, nature, God? Perhaps all of these facets are part of the human experience, and consequently, all are... More > essential components of the concept of what comprises spirituality. What is it that moves upon the soul? Can the light of it be told? Where does it start? In the mind, or in the heart? Take a poetic journey through the luminous gateway of Romanticism, as we explore the essence of being, being aware, and becoming.< Less
When the language was young and full of wonder, it crafted illustrious tales of beauty about once unimaginable immortal loves that unexpectedly lost their ardor across the battlefield of time, human... More > frailties, and broken hopes. A thousand loves were born in the bosom of every legend and a thousand more died under bated breath in the feeble arms of aging myths. Like the mercurial forces of nature and man’s own mortality, every auspicious thought of human imagination was subjected to the same cycle of love, beauty, decay, ruin and death. And from this spinning wheel of creation, bliss, and chaos, emotions and words were delicately weaved into poetry.< Less
Chronic Conundrums is a collection of modern poetry inspired by 20 years of living in the nuclear age. The style can be considered Nuclear-age Romanticism; and the subjects vary from the very... More > serious to lighthearted. It is spiritual without being religious, it is introspective without being self-centered, and it is surprisingly entertaining without being pretentious.
This collection of poems has been twenty years in the making and reflects the transitions of life and cyclic nature of time; as well as providing some tongue-in-cheek breaks and lighter subjects along the way. There are poems about love and hate, joy and pain, desire and loss, life and death, nature and technology, as well as a host of others.
The subjects range across the spectrum of human reflection on the very nature of experiential living. The book is more than a mere collection, however, and represents an intriguing puzzle through the content, layout and construction itself.< Less
A collection of the Neo-Romantic poetry, short stories, and essays of Michael Kellermeyer, a literary writer from Indiana, including the 2009 novel Daphne in Winter. Concerning themes of redemption,... More > resurrection, and the restorative nature of love, this collection speaks to the hopeless disenchantment of modern society with a voice of suffering, forgiveness, and peace.< Less
A collection of the Neo-Romantic poetry, short stories, and essays of Michael Kellermeyer, a literary writer from Indiana, including the 2009 novel Daphne in Winter. Concerning themes of redemption,... More > resurrection, and the restorative nature of love, this collection speaks to the hopeless disenchantment of modern society with a voice of suffering, forgiveness, and peace.< Less
This book is a reading of the arabesque tales of Edgar Allan Poe, focusing on the main themes of love, identity, and reason as they are played out in a core set of four love stories bearing the names... More > of beautiful undying ladies.
Included are chapters on structural plot analysis, the doppelgänger motif and close readings of thematic features in the four Poe tales.
The book also offers a categorization of Poe's entire fictional oeuvre using the terms arabesque and grotesque, as well as a discussion of love's psychology and tellability.< Less
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