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An ambitious, in-depth reexamination of transnational Romanticism, from the late eighteenth century to the present—and into the future.
Transcendental Poetics and the Futures of American Romanticism argues that Romanticism does not correspond to a specific archive or period but is rather a project—an effort to reconcile the material and the ideal and to disclose ultimate reality. The book spells out the contours of this project as formulated by its original European and American proponents and examines how it has been taken up and further developed by their twentieth- and twenty-first-century heirs in literature and philosophy. The book's range of engagement is vast as its author, Ridvan Askin, traces conceptual affinities and continuities among the Jena Romantics, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Gilles Deleuze, Charles Olson, E. L. Doctorow, Jennifer Egan, contemporary analytic philosophy of mind, the new materialisms, critical posthumanism, and more. Ultimately, the book calls for a wholesale re-Romanticization of thought, or, more accurately, given that the Romantics themselves did not think that Romanticism had been accomplished and remained a task for the future, the first proper implementation of Romanticism. It is about time that Romanticism finally gets off the ground.
"A force to be reckoned with, Transcendental Poetics and the Futures of American Romanticism boldly argues that Romanticism is a project that has yet to be fulfilled. Askin weaves poetry, philosophy, and criticism with great fluidity. A beautiful, magisterial work. I loved reading this book." — Claire Colebrook, author of Who Would You Kill to Save the World?
"An untimely book, at the right time. By showing the ongoing relevance and impact of the project of American Romanticism, Askin connects the past to our present—maybe even our futures—infusing a gush of fresh air into our contemporary condition. Aesthetics and activism unite!" — Bernd Herzogenrath, author of An American Body/Politic: A Deleuzian Approach