The Romanticism Movement Analysis
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Romanticism was one of the most widespread movements in both its origins and influence. No other intellectual movement has had comparable variety and reaches since the end of the Middle Ages. Beginning in Germany and England in the 1770s, by the 1820s it had swept through Europe. It traveled quickly to the Western Hemisphere, and in its musical form has triumphed around the globe, reaching the most popular orchestral music in the world. Beginning in the last decades of the 18th century, it completely transformed poetry and the novels. It was deeply connected with the politics of the time, echoing people's fears, hopes, and aspirations. It was the voice of revolution at the beginning of the 19th century and the voice of the Establishment at the end of it. Shakespeare
One of the early effects of this interest was the rise and spread of the reputation of William Shakespeare. Although he is regarded today as the epitome of the great writer, his reputation was at first very different. Academic critics at first scorned his indiscipline, his rejection of their concepts of drama which were derived in part from ancient Roman and Greek patterns. A good play should not mix comedy with tragedy, not ramble through a wide variety of settings, and drag out its story over months or years of dramatic time, but Shakespeare's plays did all these things. When the German Romantics began to explore and translate his works, they were overwhelmed. His disregard for the classical rules which they found so confining inspired them. Because Shakespeare was a popular rather than a courtly writer, the Romantics exaggerated his simple origins. To the Romantics he was the faith in spontaneous creativity. Much of the drama of the European 19th century is influenced by him and composers based orchestral tone poems and operas on his narratives.
One of the early effects of this interest was the rise and spread of the reputation of William Shakespeare. Although he is regarded today as the epitome of the great writer, his reputation was at first very different. Academic critics at first scorned his indiscipline, his rejection of their concepts of drama which were derived in part from ancient Roman and Greek patterns. A good play should not mix comedy with tragedy, not ramble through a wide variety of settings, and drag out its story over months or years of dramatic time, but Shakespeare's plays did all these things. When the German Romantics began to explore and translate his works, they were overwhelmed. His disregard for the classical rules which they found so confining inspired them. Because Shakespeare was a popular rather than a courtly writer, the Romantics exaggerated his simple origins. To the Romantics he was the faith in spontaneous creativity. Much of the drama of the European 19th century is influenced by him and composers based orchestral tone poems and operas on his narratives.