Romantic comes from the French Romantique which derives from Romant (=Tale).In the middle
of 1800,it began to be used in connection with emotions,feelings and states of mind.

 
Revolutions:
-political (France)
-industrial (England)

 
Affirmation of the middle class
-Birth of the working class

 
Increase of the publishing industry
and journalism thanks to the
technological innovations.

 
Laic and middle class writers who
need to flank to the literary work
other professions.

 
Improvement of the public.

 
Crisis of the classical genres,success
of narrative genres and poetry
connected to sentimentalism and
patriotic passions.

 
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-Grief
-Inquietude
-Melancholy
-Loneliness
-Mystery
-Tension toward the infinite
-Return to religiousness
-Refuse of reason
-Leak from reality
-Strong interest for nature,imagination
and childhood