Question

What was romantism? How did romantics seek to develop a perticular form of nationalist statement during 19th century?

Answer 1

Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the nation: art and poetry, stories and music helped express and shape nationalist feelings.
Other Romantics such as the German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) claimed that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people – das volk. It was through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation (volksgeist) was popularised.
Karol Kurpinski, for example, celebrated the national struggle through his operas and music, turning folk dances like the polonaise and mazurka into nationalist symbols. Language too played an important role in developing nationalist sentiments.
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