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Sturm und Drang

/ˌSHto͝orm o͝on(d) ˈdraNG/

noun
- 1. a literary and artistic movement in Germany in the late 18th century, influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and characterized by the expression of emotional unrest and a rejection of neoclassical literary norms.
- ▪ turbulent emotion or stress: "that casual morning meeting dragged into a brawling afternoon of Sturm und Drang"
Word Origin German, literally ‘storm and stress’.
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Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
Sturm und Drang ( ; usually translated as "storm and stress") was a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music that occurred between the late 1760s and early 1780s. Within the movement, individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism imposed by the Enlightenment and associated aesthetic m... Wikipedia
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