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[[Image:JWW1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[John William Waterhouse]]'s ''The Lady of Shalott'', 1888.]]

[[Image:JWW1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[John William Waterhouse]]'s ''The Lady of Shalott'', 1888.]]

'''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.

'''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]].

The term "Romanticism" was coined because it originated in European regions of the "Romance Languages," namely French, Spanish and Italian. German and British Romanticism followed soon after. Other countries such as [[America]] and [[Canada]] also had Romantic art movements. Romanticism is contrasted with [[Neoclassical|Neo-Classicism]], a movement that preceded it.

The term "Romanticism" was coined because it originated in European regions of the "Romance Languages," namely French, Spanish and Italian. German and British Romanticism followed soon after. Other countries such as [[America]] and [[Canada]] also had Romantic art movements. Romanticism is contrasted with [[Neoclassical|Neo-Classicism]], a movement that preceded it.