Chapter 44: Romance and Romanticism

Published: July 7, 2020, 8 a.m.

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The first of two episodes devoted to the cultural changes underway in the 18th and 19th Centuries, thanks (at least in part) to the Industrial Revolution. In Part 1, we\\u2019ll be talking about how romance became a more important part of marriage and how sexual mores changed with economic growth, urbanization, and labor reform. In Part 2, we shift our focus to the art and literature of the time and how the movement known as \\u201cRomanticism\\u201d sought to fill the spiritual and emotional voids that increasing material well-being could not.

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