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1 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein (1818) Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

2 Romanticism Romantic Movement - circa 1798-1832
A pulling away from the Enlightenment Based in part on feeling of optimism about human possibilities that pervaded Western culture after the American and French revolutions Celebrates the importance of the individual

3 Romanticism Rejection of the rational and intellectual in favor of the intuitive, imaginative, and emotional Sought solitude in nature, believing it to be the key to all emotional healing Lots of nature imagery  Celebrated nature’s beauty and/or elemental rawness

4 Romanticism In Literature
Setting is obscure and exotic that emphasizes emotions of fear and awe. Characters are not always believable or viable. Subject matter is strange, bizarre, unusual, unexpected – again, things not encountered in everyday life.

5 Romanticism In Literature
Supernatural is often a key element. Romantic hero is passionate, uninhibited, unconventional; often an rebel or outcast. British romantic poets – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron American romantics – Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, Walt Whitman, H. D. Thoreau, R. W. Emerson

6 Gothic Novel Offshoot of Romanticism Popular between 1760-1820
Predecessor of modern horror in both theme and style Characterized by elements of horror, grotesque, suspense, supernatural, and mystery Contain a brooding atmosphere that emphasizes unknown and inspires fear

7 Gothic Novel Mood through natural elements, especially weather
Attempted to find understanding through exploring the darker side of life. Settings are wild and remote and often contain ruined old buildings, wild and desolate landscapes, good and handsome heroes, terrified heroines and, of course, an evil character. Arguably the most famous Gothic novel is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.


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