Romanticism

Not to be confused with Romance

Romanticism was a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the eighteenth century in Western Europe, and gained strength during and after the Industrial and French Revolutions. It was partly a revolt against the political norms of the Age of Enlightenment which rationalised nature, and was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature. Romanticism has been seen as "the revival of the life and thought of the Middle Ages", reaching beyond rational and Classicist models to elevate medievalism and
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Frankenstein
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Wuthering Heights
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Pride and Prejudice
Lyrical Ballads
Jane Eyre
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Scarlet Letter
The Complete Poems
The Count of Monte Cristo
Emma
Don Juan
Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion

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“ I know he wasn’t perfect… But he did the best impression of it I’ve ever seen. ”
― Ranata Suzuki

Novalis
“ Die Welt muß romantisiert werden. So findet man den ursprünglichen Sinn wieder. Romantisieren ist nichts, als eine qualitative Potenzierung. Das niedre Selbst wird mit einem bessern Selbst in dieser Operation identifiziert. (…) Indem ich dem Gemeinen einen hohen Sinn, dem Gewöhnlichen ein geheimnisvolles Ansehn, dem Bekannten die Würde des Unbekannten, dem Endlichen einen unendlichen Schein gebe so romantisiere ich es. ”
― Novalis

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