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    Romanticism began in the late 18th century as a rejection of the principles of reason and balance of neoclassicism. It valued emotion, individuality, nature and the supernatural. Romantic artists and thinkers believed in the expression of personal creativity and imagination. Some key characteristics included a focus on the individual, interest in the common man, emphasis on emotion over reason, appreciation of nature, and fascination with death. Romanticism influenced painting, poetry, and music in countries across Europe in the early 19th century.

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    Romanticism began in the late 18th century as a rejection of the principles of reason and balance of neoclassicism. It valued emotion, individuality, nature and the supernatural. Romantic artists and thinkers believed in the expression of personal creativity and imagination. Some key characteristics included a focus on the individual, interest in the common man, emphasis on emotion over reason, appreciation of nature, and fascination with death. Romanticism influenced painting, poetry, and music in countries across Europe in the early 19th century.

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    Romanticism began in the late 18th century as a rejection of the principles of reason and balance of neoclassicism. It valued emotion, individuality, nature and the supernatural. Romantic artists and thinkers believed in the expression of personal creativity and imagination. Some key characteristics included a focus on the individual, interest in the common man, emphasis on emotion over reason, appreciation of nature, and fascination with death. Romanticism influenced painting, poetry, and music in countries across Europe in the early 19th century.

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    Romanticism began in the late 18th century as a rejection of the principles of reason and balance of neoclassicism. It valued emotion, individuality, nature and the supernatural. Romantic artists and thinkers believed in the expression of personal creativity and imagination. Some key characteristics included a focus on the individual, interest in the common man, emphasis on emotion over reason, appreciation of nature, and fascination with death. Romanticism influenced painting, poetry, and music in countries across Europe in the early 19th century.

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    — Explored power of dreams and the
    subconscious
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    uharacteristics of Romanticism

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    its own
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    or place
    — Inspired by ancient
    British Druids and
    medieval knights
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    they distrusted human
    reason
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    patriotic fervor
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    inward to their own emotions
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    novelist
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    Romanticism in Germany

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    for knowledge
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    growing out of control
    ² Suggests maternal love
    is possibly key to
    happiness
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    1770--1850)
    1770
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    Romantic movement
    ² Witnessed
    revolutionary France
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    idealism
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    English Romanticism

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    1770--1850)
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    countryside
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    famous)
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    life
    ² Mysterious and gloomy
    heroes in his books
    ² Romantic melodrama
    English Romanticism

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    Europe
    ² Identified with Greek
    fight for independence
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    training soldiers in
    Greece
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    atrocities in Madrid
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    the horrors of war
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    executions lie in the
    shadows
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