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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ewen, Frederic, 1899‒1988;
A half-century of greatness: the creative imagination of Europe,
1848–1884 / Frederic Ewen; edited by Jeffrey Wollock.
p.cm.
Continues: Heroic imagination.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-2236-7 (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8147-2236-9 (cloth: alk. paper)
1. Europe—Intellectual life—19th century. 2. Romanticism—Europe. 3.
Europe—History—1848–1849. 4. Revolutions—Europe—History—19th century.
5. Europe—History—19th century. I. Wollock, Jeffrey L. II. Ewen,
Frederic, 1899- Heroic imagination. III. Title.
CB204.E938 2007
940.2’8–dc22
2006038469

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