Romanticism Defined! Please read before answering for this week! :)

Although the definition of Romanticism in the late 1700's can be difficult, if not at all impossible.  I believe that at it's core was the concept of freedom from logic.  Rejection of Enlightenment ideals, a turn toward the irrational feeling and heart, as opposed to the rational mind was the prevailing ethos of the time.

Here is a description of Romanticism, and as you can see it is not easy, this topic.  Looking back at a period of literary history and describing the impulses, drives, and determinations of it's writer can be daunting.  This one serves as an adequate example:

The Romantic Era: Lecture 16