Review of "The Romantic on the Throne of the Caesars, or Julian the Apostate" [Der Romantiker auf dem Throne der Cäsaren, oder Julian der Abtrünnige], within Edinburgh Review, vol. 88, issue 177

Review of "The Romantic on the Throne of the Caesars, or Julian the Apostate" [Der Romantiker auf dem Throne der Cäsaren, oder Julian der Abtrünnige], within Edinburgh Review, vol. 88, issue 177

Lewes, George Henry

London: Open Court Publishing Co., 1848. Edinburgh Review, vol. 88, issue 177. pp. 94-104

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1848

George Eliot to Sara Sophia Hennell, 14 July 1848. “I have just been reading your letter to Rosehill and am distressed to read the termination about Strauss. Have you seen the Review of his pamphlet in the Edinburgh? The title is ‘Der Romantiker auf dem Throne der Cäsaren, oder Julian der Abtrünnige’ -- a sort of erudite satire on the King of Prussia -- but the reviewer pronounces it to have a permanent value quite apart from this fugitive interest. The ‘Romantiker’ or Romanticist is one who in literature, in the arts, in religion or politics endeavours to revive the dead past. Julian was a romanticist in wishing to restore the Greek religion and its spirit when mankind had entered on the new development, the nearer approach to the imago state of Christianity. But you have very likely seen the review. …” GEL 1: 270

Lewes, George Henry, Review of "The Romantic on the Throne of the Caesars, or Julian the Apostate" [Der Romantiker auf dem Throne der Cäsaren, oder Julian der Abtrünnige], within Edinburgh Review, vol. 88, issue 177, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57577

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