The Romantic Hero

Romanticism

Romanticism is a cultural and political movement originated in Germany and the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) in the late eighteenth century as a revolutionary reaction against the rationalism of the Enlightenment and Classicism, giving priority to those feelings. Its main feature is the break with classical tradition based on a stereotyped set of rules. The real freedom is its constant search, which is why its revolutionary feature is unquestionable. Because romance is a way of feeling and conceiving nature, life and man himself is presented differently and in particular where developing country, even within the same ...