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New Romantic, a. and n.
Brit. |njuː rə(ʊ)ˈmantɪk|, U.S. |ˌn(j)u roʊˈmæn(t)ɪk|
Forms: also with lower-case initials.
[‹ new adj. + romantic adj., probably after German neuromantik (1840 or earlier), neuromantisch (1833 or earlier).]
A. adj.
1. Designating any of various new or modern social, philosophical, or artistic movements regarded as incorporating elements of Romanticism.
[1885New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 510 It should be remembered that before his first precocious poem, the Blessed Damozel, written in 1846, the first wave of the New Romanticism had already passed over the representative poets of that period.] 1909Mod. Lang. Notes 24 90/2 [These chapters discuss] the Symbolistic or New Romantic Drama outside of Germany (Maeterlinck, d'Annunzio, and others). 1919H. C. Notcutt Interpr. Keats's Endymion 79 The attitude, not so much of the general public, as of that section of it which has a genuine interest in poetry, and which recognizes the early dawn of a new era, such as the New Romantic Movement in poetry. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia IV. 450/1 In 1817 Geijer became professor of history at Uppsala, where he was in close contact with the New Romantic Group, which briefly led him into a political conservatism.
2. spec. (orig. and chiefly Brit.). Of or relating to the New Romantics (see sense B. 2) or the subculture associated with them.
1981Times 24 Feb. 11/3 The New Romantic look is anything but threatening. It is jolly, extravagant, and must be a lighthearted relief for the jeans-and-sweatshirt generation who have have precious little chance to dress up. 1989HMV Christmas Mag. 12 Depeche Mode (1981). Originally latecomers on the New Romantic scene, the boys from Basildon made it where similar synth bands floundered. 1995C. Higson Full Whack (1996) x. 68 Colin starts a fight for a laugh, slaps some geezer in pooffy New Romantic gear and they're obliged to leave. 2000Independent (Nexis) 5 July 7 The lead singer of Eighties New Romantic phenomenon Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon was born in 1958.
B. n.
1. A member of a new or modern social, philosophical, or artistic movement regarded as Romantic or somehow redolent of Romanticism.
1930Painting in Paris (N.Y. Mus. Mod. Art, Exhib. Catal.) 27 Fautrier was born in Paris about 1900. Among the new romantics he is unique in his ability to invest still life..with an atmosphere of uncanny horror. 1961C. Jones Archit. Today & Tomorrow xi. 110 With a love of richness unmatched since the turn-of-the-century neoclassicist Stanford White.., Edward Durell Stone stands in the vanguard of the New Romantics. 1986MLN 1011246 Wellek introduced the category of ‘New Romantics’ to confederate Wilson Knight, H. Read, D. H. Lawrence, Middleton Murry, and also Christopher Caudwell..; although often forgotten nowadays these authors provide us with interesting links between impressionism and some recent (e.g., Derridean) criticism. 1997Lit. Rev. (Electronic ed.) 1 May In the 1970s a younger generation of [Dutch and Flemish] poets and writers emerged who would become known as New Romantics.
2. spec. (orig. and chiefly Brit.). A member of a British music and fashion subculture of the early 1980s which combined the more colourful elements of punk with the sexual ambiguity of glam-rock to form an often androgynous style in which both sexes wore distinctive make-up and dressed in flamboyant, often frilly, clothes. Also as a mass noun: the style of music or fashion associated with this movement.
1980Economist 27 Dec. 48/1 The song is the battle hymn of Britain's latest social cult, known variously as the Blitz Kids, the New Romantics, the Now Crowd, or—confusingly—‘the cult with no name’. 1981S. Le Bon et al. Planet Earth (song, perf. ‘Duran Duran’) in Duran Duran (record sleeve-notes) Some new romantic looking for the TV sound. 1984Times 31 July 10/3 The soft punks and new romantics and the alternatives and the poseurs..are massaged by music which depends for its impact as much upon producer as upon the artist. 1989Q Dec. 161/1 Duran Duran exploded upon a stagnant pop scene on the bespoke shirt tails of the New Romantics. 1995J. Miller Voxpop xiv. 195 There were three kinds of committed trends at school: the rude boys, casuals into Hawaiian shirts and New Romantics. 2001Independent (Electronic ed.) 24 Apr. Then Bowie led via glam to new romantic. |