Fragmente Der Fr hromantik

In the Romantic Movement, the fragment acquired the status of an autonomous artistic genre which no longer points back to a mutilated whole but indicates future completion. The age was marked by an awareness of radical change in religion, philosophy and learning which demanded a fragmentary style which gives Early Romantic literature its specific form of expression. Its influence continues and is a significant determining factor in modern art. The volume presents and comments on central fragments by the most important Romantic writers."