Dear William Shakespeare,
Post WW2, the world for obvious reasons seemed to toughen up. The great minds of the 20th century generally rejected Romanticism as some form of sentimental wallowing, defining its essence as a kind of false, exaggerated emotion. Yes, Romanticism as a style of work got distorted for commercial use, as with anything of successful origins. Certainly, there was some comically cheesy work that was produced. Yet the work is not what I am talking about, but the Romantic’s mentality to life:
