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The Five I’s of Romanticism Intuition Imagination Innocence Inspiration from nature Inner experience
*the “I” in each one should remind you that Romanticism was fundamentally an individualistic outlook on life***
The Gothic Influence in Romantic Literature
The Gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole, who wrote The Castle of Otranto
Other authors: Ann Radcliffe’s
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (spoofs the Gothic)
The Gothic Influence in Romantic Literature (part two)
The strange thing is that it seemed unlikely to fit the new nation of America, where there weren’t any places old enough to have ghosts or to reek of the decay of ages
Edgar Allan Poe was attracted to the exotic, otherworldly trappings of the Gothic
Particularly in America, the Gothic took a turn into the psychological exploration of the human mind
Gothic romanticism includes:
Supernatural or inexplicable events Gloom and horror Omens, portents, visions