Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction

Contents

• 1 The word 'Romantic'
• 2 Its origin as an outgrowth of the Sensibility movement
• 3 The apotheosis or consecration of the poet
• 4 Romanticism as an international movement
• 5 Romanticism as a critique of society
• 6 Romantic themes, images, symbols, or Stoff
• 7 The Romantic system of the arts
• 8 Romantic religion
• 9 Decline of Romanticism