Sturm und Drang

n.
Pronunciation: (shtʊrm' ʊnt dräng')

Meaning (from Answers.com courtesy of American Herritage Dictionary):
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 late-18th-century German romantic literary movement 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).]

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