Romantic
Romantic, in this case, the American Romantic period, defined by Merriam-Webster as a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century, characterized chiefly by a reaction against neoclassicism and an emphasis on the imagination and emotions, and marked especially in English literature by sensibility and the use of autobiographical material, an exaltation of the primitive and the common man, an appreciation of external nature, an interest in the remote, a predilection for melancholy, and the use in poetry of older verse forms.
With this being said, one can gather that many Romantics idolized Nature, believing that it could be beautiful without being civilized, settled, or used by human influence (Black and Lybecker vol. 1, 74). Not unlike the later environmentalist movement of the 1960s, Romantics were against the opinions of the majority and on the outskirts of the culture.
With this being said, one can gather that many Romantics idolized Nature, believing that it could be beautiful without being civilized, settled, or used by human influence (Black and Lybecker vol. 1, 74). Not unlike the later environmentalist movement of the 1960s, Romantics were against the opinions of the majority and on the outskirts of the culture.
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