noun
1.
a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism.
2.
tumult; turmoil; upheaval.
Origin:
< German: literally, storm and stress
< German: literally, storm and stress
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| a German literary movement of the latter half of the 18th century, characterized by a reaction against rationalism | |
| [literally: storm and stress, from the title of a play by F. M. von Klinger (1752--1831), German dramatist] | |
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Sturm und Drang
1844, lit. "storm and stress," late 18c. Ger. romanticism period, is taken from the title of a 1776 romantic drama by Ger. poet Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752-1831), who gave it this name at the suggestion of Christoph Kauffmann.
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