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THE ROMANTIC AGE
The Romantic Age was a literary movement which developed in western Europe in the mid of the 18th century.It represented the birth of a new set of ideas, a mindset, a way of feeling. It originated as a reaction to bthe modern world characterized oby industralization, urbanisation and consumerism. -
Sturm and Drang in Germany
Romanticism was anticipated in Germany by the Sturm and Drang ( that is Sorm and Stress) movement... -
The Lyrical ballads in England
In England the Lyrical Ballads by W Wordsworth and S.T. Coleridge were published in 1798. The second edition of 1800 contained a Preface by Wordsworth which is usually regarded as the manifestoof Engish Romantic poetry -
M.me De Stael in France
In France De l'Allemagne by M.me De Stael spread the romantic principles.. -
In Italy Giovanni Berchet
" Lettera Semiseria "by Giovanni Berchet marked the official beginning of the Romantic movement in Italy