• What was the romantic movement? what beliefs did they hold about the nature of the world? of humanity? of religion?

     

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Published: 15.11.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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What was the Romantic Movement?
*<Tab/>Commenced in late 18th century as a consequence of dynamic social change culminating in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
*<Tab/>Romanticism was an intellectual orientation that was instilled in many works of literature, painting, music etc. in Western civilization between the 1790's and 1840's
*<Tab/>It was a rejection of the precepts of order, calm, physical materialism, and 18th century rationalism
*<Tab/>Instead it was a celebration of the power of…

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