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Romanticism- 1700s  Imagination and emotion are more important than reason and formal rules  Romantic literature tends to emphasize a love of nature, a respect for primitivism, and a valuing of the common, "natural" man.  Romantics idealize country life and believe that many of the ills of society are a result of urbanization.  Powerful love; unreturned love; rival suitors; lovers parted; father disapproval

From Romantic to Gothic Literature: s  combines horror and romance  ruined buildings/castles ; sinister or melancholy,  shadows, a beam of moonlight in the blackness, a flickering candle, or the only source of light failing; chiaroscuro  extreme landscapes and weather, like rugged mountains, thick forests, or ice  magic, supernatural manifestations  a passion-driven, willful villain-hero or villain  a curious heroine with a tendency to faint and a need to be rescued  a hero whose true identity is revealed by the end of the novel,  horrifying (or terrifying) events or the threat of such happenings.

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