Sturm und Drang


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Sturm und Drang

 (shto͝orm′ o͝ont dräng′)
n.
1. Turmoil; ferment: "A book's historical roots represent another barrier; so does the personal Sturm und Drang of the author" (Robert Kanigel).
2. A German romantic literary movement of the late 1700s whose works typically depicted the struggles of a highly emotional individual against conventional society.

[German, storm and stress, after Sturm und Drang, , a drama by Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752-1831).]
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Sturm und Drang

(ˈʃtʊrm ʊnt ˈdraŋ)
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Movements) 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

(ˈʃtʊrm ʊnt ˈdrɑŋ)
n.
1. a romantic movement in German literature of the late 18th century, characterized chiefly by exaltation of the individual, rejection of established forms, and nationalism.
2. turmoil; upheaval.
[< German: literally, storm and stress]
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Sturm und Drang

A German phrase meaning storm and stress, used as the name of a German literary movement of the 18th century.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Sturm und Drang - a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)Sturm und Drang - a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
political science, politics, government - the study of government of states and other political units
disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
ferment, fermentation, unrest, agitation, tempestuousness - a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"
roller coaster - anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down); "the economy has been on a roller coaster all year"
violence - a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
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Sturm und Drang

noun
A state of uneasiness and usually resentment brewing to an eventual explosion:
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Beyond that, he finds room to discuss "natures" constructed by the sensibility and Sturm und Drang movements and by individual writers trying to justify everything from keyboard fingering technique (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) to the theory of tonal harmony (Jean-Philippe Rameau).
And as with most witch-hunts, the constant Sturm und Drang of media hoopla functions as a contemporary incarnation of ancient Rome's bread and circuses, concealing far more important issues like crime, foreign policy, a failing Social Security system.
The pseudo-Shakespearean tragedy was the first major work of the Sturm und Drang movement.
In his early career (1769 - 76), Goethe was recognized as a leading figure in the Sturm und Drang. His well - known poem " Prometheus " (written 1774?), with its insistence that man must believe not in gods but in himself alone, might be seen as a motto for the whole movement.
Situational humor is structurally sound, and yet the aggregate result of all this Sturm und Drang is more distancing than involving.
Rather the reader is presented with a variety of approaches to the interpretation of the Sturm und Drang that, taken together, reveal its internal contradictions and its complex relation to the most powerful literary, cultural, and intellectual trends of the eighteenth century.
Hoffmann, Winckelmann's impact of drama prior to Goethe's Iphigenie, self and other in Sturm und Drang drama, Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften and the problem of feminine orality, and bodily grace and consciousness from the Enlightenment to Romanticism.
Swapping Sturm und Drang for more recent cultural imperatives, Untitled (Sunset/Fax Machine/Schiele) (all works 2003) shows a Friedrich-meets-Monet seaside sunset casting its inspissated rays over an unexpected range of subjects including, as the title suggests, a fax machine and a Schiele nude.
Saturday night's 'Sturm und Drang' programme was entirely in the dark and emotive keys of G minor (the Haydn 39 and Mozart 40) and C minor (the Mozart Piano Concerto No.
Jimmy Frost, who ended his riding career on a high note when Bohill Lad won at Exeter's last meeting, saddled first and second in the novice hurdle when the well-fancied Saffron Sun, ridden by Rupert Wakley, beat Sturm Und Drang by six lengths.
Likewise, if the radicals succeed and the magic circle is smashed entirely, again homosexuality would cease to be a contentious issue, we'd stop feeling like a beleaguered minority, and again -- poof Despite the Sturm und Drang, the ultimate goal of both camps is to create the conditions that would abolish the need for a separatist gay culture.
German critic and philosopher, who was the leading figure of the Sturm und Drang literary movement and an innovator in the philosophy of history and culture.