{"product_id":"2026200007651-secondhand-beyond-the-tragic-vision-the-quest-for-identity-in-the-nineteenth-century","title":"Beyond The Tragic Vision: The Quest For Identity In The Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of intellectual and cultural history, Beyond the Tragic Vision: The Quest for Identity in the Nineteenth Century presents a sweeping reinterpretation of Romanticism and its aftermath, arguing that the defining struggle of the nineteenth century was humanity's search for a stable sense of self in the wake of collapsing religious and metaphysical certainties. Morse Peckham traces this crisis of identity through an ambitious range of figures—poets, painters, philosophers, and novelists—illustrating how each grappled with the failure of inherited value systems and the need to construct new ones. Written with intellectual rigor and a boldly provocative tone, the work challenges conventional literary and cultural periodization, insisting that Romanticism was not a discrete movement but a continuous, evolving response to modernity. Peckham's analysis is dense and demanding, rewarding readers who engage seriously with his thesis that art and culture function as laboratories for testing new orientations toward existence. This remains an essential text for scholars and serious students of nineteenth-century literature, philosophy, and the history of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887876813019,"sku":"2026200007651-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/198b4811-a3da-43a4-a99f-fa4b3c10495c.png?v=1781747441","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007651-secondhand-beyond-the-tragic-vision-the-quest-for-identity-in-the-nineteenth-century","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}