'''Romanticism''' was an innovative artistic, musical and literary movement in the 1800s which emphasized expressed thoughts, feelings, and nature. The Romantic period of art was also a period of rebirth for [[religion]]. Romanticism was a [[conservative]] backlash against [[atheist]]ic elements of the [[Enlightenment]]. [[America]]n literature typifying this era include ''[[Moby Dick]]'' and [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s writings, while writer [[Victor Hugo]] led this movement in [[Europe]] with his works readable by the common man. | '''Romanticism''' was an innovative artistic, musical and literary movement in the 1800s which emphasized expressed thoughts, feelings, and nature. The Romantic period of art was also a period of rebirth for [[religion]]. Romanticism was a [[conservative]] backlash against [[atheist]]ic elements of the [[Enlightenment]]. [[America]]n literature typifying this era include ''[[Moby Dick]]'' and [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s writings, while writer [[Victor Hugo]] led this movement in [[Europe]] with his works readable by the common man. |