Literary notes about Romantic (AI summary)
The term “romantic” in literature carries a spectrum of meanings, ranging from the celebration of extravagant, imaginative sentimentality to a critical nod at overindulgent emotion. It is often employed to evoke a lush, idealized world—whether in landscapes that embody an almost fairy-tale quality ([1]) or in narratives loaded with tragic beauty ([2]). At the same time, “romantic” can describe a specific stylistic tradition or mindset, as seen in the acknowledgment of a new literary movement ([3]) or in the depiction of characters with an artist’s, sometimes impractical, inner life ([4]). In some texts, the word underscores a sense of heroic or adventurous longing ([5]), while in others it hints at an exaggerated emotional state that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality ([6], [7]).
- A more poetic, romantic retreat could hardly be imagined: it is unique.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott - Of course she killed herself It is one of the great romantic tragedies of the age.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - It was in 1797 that the new romantic movement in our literature assumed definite form.
— from English Literature by William J. Long - That is just why I turned my back on the romantic man with the artist nature, as he called his infatuation.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw - But it is meet I should, in the true spirit of romantic story, give some account of the looks and equipments of my hero and his steed.
— from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving - Romantic art is only an emergency exit from defective "reality."
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - The whole country exulting in its new sense of freedom and power became a fairyland of youth, springtime, and romantic achievement.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
