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# What is Romanticism? w/ Josh Traylor (Mythic Mind, ep. 183)
- URL: https://mythicmindfellowship.com/what-is-romanticism-w-josh-traylor-mythic-mind-ep-183/
- Published: 2026-07-20T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:54:45.000Z
- Author: Andrew Snyder

Mythic MindEpisode 183

# What is Romanticism? w/ Josh Traylor (Mythic Mind, ep. 183)

Josh Traylor

20 July 2026

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4KsqKe7dM&ref=mythicmindfellowship.com)

## In this episode

In this lecture from his “English Poems and Poets” course, classical teacher Josh Traylor explains what Romanticism is, what it is not, why it is ambiguous, and how to understand it as a European cultural movement of the late 1700s and the 1800s.

The companion lecture, English Romanticism w/ Josh Traylor, is Mythic Mind ep. 184.

### People

**Josh Traylor**Lecturer, classical teacher

### Key themes

- What Romanticism is
- What Romanticism is not
- Why Romanticism is ambiguous
- A European cultural movement of the late 1700s and the 1800s

## Related

- [**English Romanticism w/ Josh Traylor (Mythic Mind, ep. 184)**Watch the episode](https://mythicmindfellowship.com/what-is-romanticism-w-josh-traylor-mythic-mind-ep-184/)

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