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The original Romantics worshipped nature and feelings, not roses and overpriced dinner reservations.
EtymologyFrom romance, meaning tales told in Roman vernacular tongues
Movement1800s artistic rebellion against cold industrial reason
Brooding kingsByron, Shelley, Keats all died young and tragic
Nature obsessedMountains and storms moved them more than people
Modern shiftWord once meant imaginative, now means candlelit