Download or read book Romantic Affinities written by Elizabeth Maximiliana Vida and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the influence of German Romanticism on Scottish historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), arguing that he saw it as a continuation of Goethe's efforts to combat Enlightenment rationalism. Finds external and internal evidence for his having read both major German literature and peculiar works including a philosophy of clothes and spiritual biographies. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR