Sturm und Drang 
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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).]