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The Romantic Idea of a University

England and Germany, 1770-1850

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Michael J. Hofstetter

    1. Southwest State University, Marshall, USA

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Part of the book series: Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories (ROPTCH)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Confessional Idea of a University and its Fall, 1550–1750

    • Michael J. Hofstetter
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Genesis of the Romantic Idea of a University in Germany

    • Michael J. Hofstetter
    Pages 22-58

  4. The Romantic Idea of a University in England

    • Michael J. Hofstetter
    Pages 59-85

  5. The Romantic Idea of a University and the New Foundation in Berlin

    • Michael J. Hofstetter
    Pages 86-107

  6. Cambridge and Oxford, 1830–50

    • Michael J. Hofstetter
    Pages 108-133

  7. Epilogue: Whither the Romantic Idea of a University?

    • Michael J. Hofstetter
    Pages 134-137

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 138-162
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By the late eighteenth century, universities in England and Germany had lost their sense of purpose. The romantics then presented them with a new one, a new Idea of a university. In Germany, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and others stressed that universities must teach more effectively; in England, Coleridge and Wordsworth attached to the German Idea a desire to keep the universities part of England's national church.

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'...he makes a real contribution to our knowledge of the history of universities...' Brian Hendley, History of Education Quarterly

Authors and Affiliations

  • Southwest State University, Marshall, USA

    Michael J. Hofstetter

About the author

MICHAEL HOFSTETTER is Associate Professor of History at Southwest State University in Minnesota.

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