Romantic+Period+of+Literature


===The Romantic Period of literature is an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe. It gained strength during the Industrial Revolution. It was partly a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment. It was also a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature in the visual arts, music, and literature. - Kait Wagner ===

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===Instead of embracing politics as writers of some other eras might have (and indeed some writers of the Romantic era did) the Romantics turned to Nature for self-fulfillment. They were turning away from the values and ideas of the previous era, embracing new ways of expressing their imagination and feelings. Instead of a concentration on "head," the intellectual focus of reason, they preferred to rely on the self, in the radical idea of individual freedom. Instead of striving for perfection, the Romantics preferred "the glory of the imperfect." - Chelsea M, Lindsey M, Lara P http://classiclit.about.com/od/britishromantics/a/aa_britromantic.htm  ===