tial, Romanticism has been around since the late 18th century that one author called it “the profoundest cultural transformation in human history since the invention of the city.” It was not a movement; it was a series of movements that had dynamic impacts on art, literature, science, religion, economics, politics, and the individuals understanding of self. Not all streams of Romanticism were the same; some were in fact almost completely opposite in their effect. Romanticism did not erupt suddenly; it is dated back to 1774 during the publication of Johann Von Goethe’s ‘Sorrows of Werther’. It was a novel about a young man who was so disappointed in love that he kills himself. This fictional suicide brought on many real ones as the novels voyage swept across Europe. Throughout more than two centuries since its emergence, Romanticism has taken a number of twists and turns. Some of its phases were complete contradictions of others, yet its dynamism has not diminished. ...
