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Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. In part a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Enlightenment period and a reaction against the rationalization of nature, Romanticism is an aspect of what has been called the Counter-Enlightenment. In art and literature it stressed strong emotion as a source of aesthetic experience, placing a new emphasis on such emotions as trepidation, horror, and the awe experienced in confronting the sublimity of nature.
The ideologies and events of the French Revolution are thought to have influenced the movement. Romanticism elevated the achievements of what it perceived as misunderstood heroic individuals and artists that altered society, and legitimized the individual imagination as a critical authority which permitted freedom from classical notions of form in art. There was a strong recourse to historical and natural inevitability in the representation of its ideas.
Characteristics
In a general sense, Romanticism refers to several distinct groups of artists, poets, writers, musicians, political, philosophical and social thinkers and trends of the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. This movement is typically characterized by its reaction against the Enlightenment; whereas the Enlightenment emphasized the primacy of reason, Romanticism emphasized imagination and feeling. Rather than an epistemology of deduction, the Romantics demonstrated elements of knowledge through intuition. But a precise characterization and a specific description of Romanticism have been objects of intellectual history and literary history for all of the twentieth century without any great measure of consensus emerging. Arthur Lovejoy attempted to demonstrate the difficulty of this problem in his seminal article "On The Discrimination of Romanticisms" in his Essays in the History of Ideas (1948); some scholars see romanticism as completely continuous with the present, some see it as the inaugural moment of modernity, some see it as the beginning of a tradition of resistance to the Enlightenment, and still others date it firmly in the direct aftermath of the French Revolution. Perhaps the most instructive—and most succinct—definition comes from Charles Baudelaire: "Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor exact truth, but in a way of feeling." More on [ Romanticism ]
Romanticism :: Periods and Movements
Romanticism :: Periods and Movements
Romanticism Art Period
Does Romanticism still exist? Download 101 ROMANTIC ideas. Our site is a SEXTOY site, but these are not about sex. Http://tinyurl.com/pkcp5s
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Does Romanticism still exist? Download 101 ROMANTIC ideas. Our site is a SEXTOY site, but these are not about sex. Http://tinyurl.com/pkcp5s
i thought i was 4! Romanticism!!!
sweetener (ange ♥) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:38:44 -0000
i thought i was 4! Romanticism!!!
@SoGoPro I loved the Romanticism with how the tale was narrated and it's great how you showed that "True Love" still exist! Awesome job!!!
francyp79 (Francesca Poggi) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:35:33 -0000
@SoGoPro I loved the Romanticism with how the tale was narrated and it's great how you showed that "True Love" still exist! Awesome job!!!
American Romanticism Final, selling books, lunch, Field Study Final!
livealovestory (Jax Churchill) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:21:22 -0000
American Romanticism Final, selling books, lunch, Field Study Final!
Avtarded (cont'd) It's literally Dances w/ Wolves only with none of the grandeur or romanticism but extra anti-imperialism badgering.
AndrewDignan (Andrew Dignan) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:12:13 -0000
Avtarded (cont'd) It's literally Dances w/ Wolves only with none of the grandeur or romanticism but extra anti-imperialism badgering.
5)... when we did a unit on romanticism music for our music subject and I understood poor ol' Berlioz and his musings!!!!!! and it stays
minervasofiajg (josephine gambaro) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:09:47 -0000
5)... when we did a unit on romanticism music for our music subject and I understood poor ol' Berlioz and his musings!!!!!! and it stays
A Romantic Natural History - Surveying the relationships between literary works and natural history from Aristotle to Charles Darwin.
Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text - Cardiff Corvey is an online journal devoted to the study of Romantic-era literature.
Lynch Literary Resources: Romantic - Index of resources focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic.
Meta Description: [ Index of literary resources available on the Web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic. ]
Romantic Canons - Annotated list of critical and theoretical works about the activity of canonizing as it arose during the Romantic era, and the concept of literary period which arose with it.
Romantic Chronology - Resources listed chronologically, alphabetically, and via site search engine.
Romantic Circles - Open-ended meta-resource maintaining and encouraging links to other sites.
Romanticism on the Net - Electronic journal focused on the romantic literature.
Romantics Unbound - Online research and learning resource for the study of Romanticism in literature, art, and music.
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San Antonio College LitWeb Index of English Romanticism - A list of prevalent British writers of Romanticism, with listings of their major works and links to where these works can be found if available online.
The American Conference on Romanticism - The home page of the American Conference on Romanticism, an association of scholars.
The Romantics Page - A selection of links, including a section on American Romanticism.
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Women Romantic Writers - Electronic texts, annuals, anthologies, cultural and visual resources maintained at Loyola University, Chicago.
Women's Writing in Britain 1660-1830 - A conference jointly organized by the University of Southampton English Department and Chawton House Library, 15-17 July 2003.
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by the University of Southampton
English Department and Chawton House
Library, will take place 15-17 July 2003.It will explore the remarkable
phenomenon of female authorship in Britain across the 'long eighteenth ce... ]
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