Romantic writers emphasized emotion, sentiment, and inner feelings in their works.

An important model for Romantics was the tragic figure in The Sorrows of the

Young Werther, a novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who later rejected

Romanticism in favor of Classicism.

Another important characteristic of Romanticism was individualism, an interest in unique

traits of each person.

The revival of medieval Gothic architecture left European countrysides adorned

w/neo-Gothic cathedrals, city halls, parliamentary buildings, and railway stations.

Characteristics of romanticism