English 557: Transatlantic Romanticism

Romantic

1812 Tending towards, characterized by, romance as a basis or principle of literature or art. (Opposed to classical.) Hence used of persons connected with, or things relating to, literature, art, etc. of this kind.

1827 A romantic person; esp. an adherent of romanticism in literature; a romanticist. Also, a composer of romantic music.

1885 Characterized by the subordination of form to theme, and by imagination and passion.

Oxford English Dictionary

1782 Situated or resident in, or pertaining to a region beyond the Atlantic; chiefly in European use: American.

1826 One who or that which is across the Atlantic; a native or inhabitant of a transatlantic country; spec. an American; also short for ‘transatlantic steamer’.