Romanticism

/roʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm/ noun

Definition

An artistic and cultural movement that celebrated emotion, imagination, and nature rather than logic and reason, especially popular in the 1800s.

Etymology

From 'romantic' derived from Old French 'romant' meaning 'a tale of adventure,' which came from 'Rome' and Latin roots. The artistic movement took the name because it championed dramatic, emotional storytelling over scientific rationality.

Kelly Says

Romanticism was partly a rebellion against the Industrial Revolution—poets like Wordsworth and Keats were literally running away from factories and cities to write about nature and feelings, which was radical for their industrial time period.

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