WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “Romanticism” refers to this period of cultural shift and generally extends from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. A new emphasis on the individual and the self led to suspicion of the restraints imposed by social institutions and an increased attention to the inner psychological life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Romanticism was an artistic, intellectual and cultural movement that ran from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth century. Romanticism can be seen as a rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality that typified Classicism in general and late 18th-century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Romanticism influenced political ideology, inviting engagement with the cause of the poor and oppressed and with ideals of social emancipation and progress. The individual was prized, but it was also felt that people were under an obligation to their fellow-men: personal commitment to the group was therefore important.