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Romantic Movement, the
     
Romantic Movement, the
a group of writers, artists etc. in English and Euorpean literature, art, and music, who followed their feelings and emotions rather than logical thought or reason, and who preferred wild, natural beauty to things made by people. It first became popular in the late 18th century.
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