The Breakdown of Neo-Classicism

Author

• George K. Manlove, Oberlin College

Degree Year

1940

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Keywords

Neo-classicism

Abstract

In its broadest and most simple terms, then, the breakdown of neoclassicism was the gradual shifting of emphasis, over this period of about a century, from the search for valid and absolute standards in a work of art itself to the impressions and pleasures experienced by the individual perceiving the work of art.

Repository Citation

Manlove, George K., "The Breakdown of Neo-Classicism" (1940). Honors Papers. 962.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/962