1. So much for a romantic myth that has given Hollywood scriptwriters a nice living. 2. Also, to its credit, it takes on the romantic myth of the artist as inspired madman. 3. And the Romantic myth of the composer as bohemian, starving in a lonely garret, knowing that recognition will come only after death. 4. Dean lived fast and died young, true to formula for romantic myth. 5. For in this world of higher expectations and educated sexual consumerism, the old romantic myths die hard. 6. For many people of a certain time and age, the great romantic myths are Marilyn Monroe and James Dean. 7. He has been willing to pay severe penalties for his independence, and that fits well into the collective romantic myth of nationhood. 8. Many of them are rooted in the Romantic myth that formal training and conventional morality are the enemies of creativity and truth. 9. Sea voyages inspire timeless folk music and romantic myths about sailors and the women they leave behind to send their love on the winds that propel the ships. 10. Some aspects of the old Romantic myth have become threadbare. |