Romanticism

(proper noun)

18th Century artistic and intellectual movement which stressed emotion, freedom, and individual imagination.

Related Terms

  • Sensualism
  • Calvinism

Examples of Romanticism in the following topics:

  • Romanticism in America

    • American Romanticism emphasized emotion, individualism, and personality over rationalism and the constraints of religion.
    • Romanticism became popular in American politics, philosophy, and art.
    • Romanticism often involved a rapturous response to nature and promised a new blossoming of American culture.
    • Emerson, a leading transcendentalist writer, was highly influenced by romanticism, especially after meeting leading figures in the European romantic movement in the 1830s.
    • By the 1880s, however, psychological and social realism were competing with Romanticism in the novel.
  • Transcendentalism

    • In contrast, they were intimately familiar with the English Romantics, and the transcendental movement may be partially described as an American outgrowth of Romanticism.
  • The Emergence of "American" Literature

    • Matthiessen), this period encompasses (approximately) the 1820s to the dawn of the Civil War, and it has been closely identified with American romanticism and transcendentalism.
  • Television

    • Sitcoms offered a romanticized view of middle class American life with The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966), Father Knows Best (1954–1960), and ABC's The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966) exemplifying the genre.
  • The Ku Klux Klan

    • Theatrical poster for "The Birth of a Nation," the 1915 film that romanticized the Ku Klux Klan and helped inspire a renewed KKK to emerge.
  • Movements and Reforms

    • In contrast, they were intimately familiar with the English romantics, and the transcendental movement may be partially described as an American outgrowth of romanticism.
  • Technological Advancement

    • Sitcoms offered a romanticized view of middle class American life.
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