romanticism

Romanticism — is a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the Industrial Revolution. [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9083836 Romanticism …   Wikipedia

ROMANTICISM —    Romanticism (roman shugi), a late 18th century European philosophical and literary movement, privileged emotion as the supreme manifestation of individual will. Romanticism came to Japan through translations and adaptations in the Meiji period …   Japanese literature and theater

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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

romanticism — noun романтизм …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

romanticism — 1> лит. романтизм …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

romanticism — /roh man teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. romantic spirit or tendency. 2. (usually cap.) the Romantic style or movement in literature and art, or adherence to its principles (contrasted with classicism). [1795 1805; ROMANTIC + ISM] * * * Literary, artistic …   Universalium

Romanticism —    The romantic movement arose as a reaction against the neoclassicism of the 18th century. Its philosophical ideas, shaped partly by the ideas of the German philosophers Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 1814) and Friedrich Schelling (1775 1854),… …   Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater

romanticism — noun Date: 1823 1. often capitalized a. (1) a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century, characterized chiefly by a reaction against neoclassicism and an emphasis on the imagination and emotions, and marked… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Romanticism — noun 18th Century artistic and intellectual movement which stressed emotion, freedom and individual imagination …   Wiktionary

romanticism — noun A romantic quality, spirit or action …   Wiktionary