Theodore Ziolkowski is Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. Among his many books are The Mirror of Justice and The Sin of Knowledge.

Clio the Romantic Muse is an important and timely book for scholars of religion with a particular interest in the current (and perennial) debates about the constitution of religious studies as a discipline and its relationship to its multifarious institutional settings.... Ziolkowski finally asks rhetorically whether 'a familiarity with an earlier society whose experience was strikingly analogous to our own might provide both a model and a caution for our situation.' For scholars of religion burdened with disquieting questions about the future of the discipline, the answer is assuredly affirmative.- David L. Simmons (The Journal of Religion) In his conclusion, Ziolkowski shows how the Romantics, prompted by the crisis of their age, looked at the world in a new way and used a historical approach to counter its dangers. Considering their response could help us to cope with our present-day global problems. Regrettably, no brief summary can do justice to this valuable and learned book.- Hans Reiss (Modern Language Review) Ziolkowski's book is a highly readable account of how a 'new sense of history' restructured different academic disciplines in nineteenth-century Germany.- Catherine Grimm (German Quarterly)

Theodore Ziolkowski is Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. Among his many books are The Mirror of Justice and The Sin of Knowledge.

Clio the Romantic Muse is an important and timely book for scholars of religion with a particular interest in the current (and perennial) debates about the constitution of religious studies as a discipline and its relationship to its multifarious institutional settings.... Ziolkowski finally asks rhetorically whether 'a familiarity with an earlier society whose experience was strikingly analogous to our own might provide both a model and a caution for our situation.' For scholars of religion burdened with disquieting questions about the future of the discipline, the answer is assuredly affirmative.- David L. Simmons (The Journal of Religion) In his conclusion, Ziolkowski shows how the Romantics, prompted by the crisis of their age, looked at the world in a new way and used a historical approach to counter its dangers. Considering their response could help us to cope with our present-day global problems. Regrettably, no brief summary can do justice to this valuable and learned book.- Hans Reiss (Modern Language Review) Ziolkowski's book is a highly readable account of how a 'new sense of history' restructured different academic disciplines in nineteenth-century Germany.- Catherine Grimm (German Quarterly)

Theodore Ziolkowski is Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. Among his many books are The Mirror of Justice and The Sin of Knowledge.

Clio the Romantic Muse is an important and timely book for scholars of religion with a particular interest in the current (and perennial) debates about the constitution of religious studies as a discipline and its relationship to its multifarious institutional settings.... Ziolkowski finally asks rhetorically whether 'a familiarity with an earlier society whose experience was strikingly analogous to our own might provide both a model and a caution for our situation.' For scholars of religion burdened with disquieting questions about the future of the discipline, the answer is assuredly affirmative.- David L. Simmons (The Journal of Religion) In his conclusion, Ziolkowski shows how the Romantics, prompted by the crisis of their age, looked at the world in a new way and used a historical approach to counter its dangers. Considering their response could help us to cope with our present-day global problems. Regrettably, no brief summary can do justice to this valuable and learned book.- Hans Reiss (Modern Language Review) Ziolkowski's book is a highly readable account of how a 'new sense of history' restructured different academic disciplines in nineteenth-century Germany.- Catherine Grimm (German Quarterly)