Romantic Movement

American  

noun

1. the late 18th- and early 19th-century movement in France, Germany, England, and America to establish Romanticism in art and literature.

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Etymology

Origin of Romantic Movement

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

According to the catalog of courses, English 72 deals with the Romantic Movement in English Poetry, the most fascinating period in English Literature except for the Elizabethan outburst.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of them is tiny, big-voiced John Livingston Lowes, 66, keen student of the Romantic Movement.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Pioneering," wrote Lewis Mumford, "may in part be described as the Romantic Movement in action."

From Time Magazine Archive

All the worst tendencies of the Romantic Movement may be seen completely displayed in the dramas of Victor Hugo.

From Landmarks in French Literature by Strachey, Giles Lytton

Carelessly constructed and written, this poem was nevertheless the most spirited reproduction of the life of feudal chivalry which the Romantic Movement had yet brought forth, and its popularity was immediate and enormous.

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington