Findings: To the Rescue of Romanticism

Re-inventing Romantic Orientalism in a manner that places "East" and "West" on an equal footing of mutual respect and inquiry and then, in the process, dissolves the imaginary borders that make "East" "East" and "West" "West" requires a Romantic resurgence. Any Romantic resurgence must grapple with the dirt done on Romanticism by its detractors over the years. This 1940 article by Jacques Barzun is a good place to start:

Findings: To the Rescue of Romanticism

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