ENGLISH ROMANTICISM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
Keywords:
Romanticism, freedom, literature, genre, emotion, lyric poetryAbstract
Romanticism is not at all associated with what is often considered to be "romantic," even though love is occasionally the theme of romantic artwork. Instead, it is a multinational movement in philosophy and art that has fundamentally changed how people in Western cultures think about themselves and the world. Romanticism rapidly spread throughout Europe and the United States at the end of the 18th century and well into the early 19th, challenging the Enlightenment's inflexible logical ideal. The artists underlined that, in addition to reason and order, sensation and emotions were equally important ways to see and experience the world. Romanticism elevated the individual's inventiveness and intuition in the never-ending pursuit of personal independence and rights.
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