Hypertext Webster Gateway: "romanticism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Romanticism \Ro*man"ti*cism\, n. [CF. It. romanticismo, F.
romantisme, romanticisme.]
A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities;
specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic
effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers
who sought to revive certain medi?val forms and methods in
opposition to the so-called classical style.
He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from
pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus
unconsciously the founder of romanticism. --Lowell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
romanticism
n 1: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
2: a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and
early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than
civilization; "romanticism valued imagination and emotion
over rationality" [ant: {classicism}]
3: an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or
adventure) [syn: {romance}]
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