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Chapter 16 - Classicism and Romanticism

from Part IV - Aesthetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2021

By
Mike Vanden Heuvel
Edited by
David Kornhaber  and
James N. Loehlin
David Kornhaber
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
James N. Loehlin
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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The explicit attention to Classicism and Romanticism in Arcadia and The Invention of Love highlights Stoppard’s interest in the dramatic potential of contrasting head and heart. However, beyond the simple opposition of aesthetic categories and temperaments, the Classical-Romantic dynamic generates the playwright’s deepest understanding of history, epistemology, and creativity. Indeed, it cuts to the very nature of theatre as an art form and Stoppard’s approach to it.

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StoppardClassicismRomanticismArcadia
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Tom Stoppard in Context , pp. 132 - 138
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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