What is Romanticism?

 Romanticism, according to the dictionary, is a form of literature from the late 18th century that showed a movement in the arts and literature emphasizing inspiration subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. My personal definition of Romanticism is a time when artists got their inspiration from themselves, and nature and the idea of nonconformity. I think the literature of this time was very beautiful. I think that the fact that they got their ideas from nature is much more fascinating than the time of the Age of Faith and the Age of Reason and modern literature where most of it is about technology . I think that this is right in the middle, and it is intriguing to read. It combine components of religion, and science. It shows you a bit of reality when reading it, like it shows you that the world will keep going, no matter what you do or believe. An example of individualism is when in the story, "The Devil and Tom Walker," when the wife told Tom Walker to take all of their silver to the dark man and Tom Walker said no, not because that's what he thought, but purely because he didn't want to do what his wife told him. So he did the opposite. Then the wife took it upon herself and took the silver to the dark man herself when her husband would not. Those are two good examples of individualism. They both did what the wanted to do not what the other wanted. Another example of Romanticism is the poem "The Cross of Snow" the author use nature to talk about his second wife's death. He talks about the seasons never really changing for him since she past and mount of the holy cross to the cross on his chest that he always wears.