Romanticism:
Where?
North Europe
Britain
Germany
When?
from the French Revolution (1790)
to the Coronation of Queen Victoria (1837)
What?
artistic,literary and intellectual movement
from "romance"(genre of medioeval literature)
beyond classical literature
nothing refering with "love"
Why?
reaction to...
The industrial revolution
Enlightment
Norms of the aristocracy
from "logos" to "pathos"
nostalgia
imagination
introspection
individualism
the atypical, the rebel
no imposed rules
the hero
taste for desolation
natural inevitability
give expressiomn to emotional experience
free from classical notions
Rousseau
social conventions produce evil in men
cult of the exotic
will to explore less conscious aspects of feelings
unfamiliar and frightening
countryside as a place where find a relationship with nature
interest in humble and everyday life
man can't control Nature
it's the manifestation of devine power on Earth
poet as "man among men"