The Origins of Romanticism

"What is 'Romanticism'? Jonathan Bate goes in search of what Isaiah Berlin described as 'the greatest single shift in the consciousness of the West'. A lecture by Sir Jonathan Bate CBE FBA, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 18 September 2018 The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/origins-of-romanticism Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition c...