Resulting in part from the libertarian and egalitarian ideals of the French Revolution, the romantic movements had in common only a revolt against the prescribed rules of classicism. The basic aims of romanticism were various: a return to nature and to belief in the goodness of humanity; the rediscovery of the artist as a supremely individual creator; the development of nationalistic pride; and the exaltation of the senses and emotions over reason and intellect. In …showed first 75 words of 3317 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3317 total…and all the joy and sorrow associated with these conditions. Keats' brilliance in using excess to 'attract' rather than 'detract' from his ideas, gives the reader a greater appreciation of not only his work, but also John Keats, the man and the poet. It could not be better expressed than that said by Keats himself in a letter to his brothers in December, 1817, where he stated, '...the excellence of every art is its intensity'.