What is the Romantic view of the good life? I'm to write an essay about Romanticism at university. I've come to dislike Romanticism since I've begun to study classical Greece. In love, for instance, I've come to reject the Romantic exultation of Eros and have grown attracted to the goal of Storge, which seems far more achievable and stable. I've begun to think that if the Romantics had an unrealistic view of love—one which I think continues to be far too influential in our society—is the same true for the Romantic view of happiness? Before I throw myself into researching for this essay, I wondered if I could get any pointers from people who know more about this than I. What is the Romantic view of the good life? And does it undergird those silly and guilt-inducing quotes where people talk about having a "big, fat, juicy life" etc.? Thanks in advance