Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Gothic Literature, Romanticism, Transcendentalism

Gothic Literature:
*Definition- a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance
*Stories- The Castle of Otranto by Horace Wapole; The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe; Dracula by Bran Stoker; The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux





Romanticism:
*Definition- a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Western Europe.
*Examples- The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe;













Transcendentalism:
*Definition- was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy. Sometimes is called American Transcendentalism.
*Examples: Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson; Likeness to God (sermon) by Reverend William Ellery Channing; Beauty by Jones Very.

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