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Dark Romanticism by Text by Mr. Y.; Graphics by Sara Boucher

Dark Romanticism by Text by Mr. Y.; Graphics by Sara Boucher. Overview. literary sub-genre emerged from the Transcendental movement I nfluenced by Transcendentalism, Dark Romanticism notably less optimistic about mankind and divinity. Characteristics.

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Dark Romanticism by Text by Mr. Y.; Graphics by Sara Boucher

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  1. Dark Romanticismby Text by Mr. Y.; Graphics by Sara Boucher

  2. Overview • literary sub-genre • emerged from the Transcendental movement • Influenced by Transcendentalism, • Dark Romanticism notably less optimistic about mankind and divinity.

  3. Characteristics • Focus on the tragic rather than the optimistic. • Characters are: • prone to sin • mental aberration • self-destruction • Do not inherently possess divinity and wisdom • (A Transcendental Thought)

  4. More Characteristics • Evil anthropomorphosized: • Satan, • devils, • ghosts, • vampires • etc. • fog • Nature: • cruel and to be feared • not pacifying and admired. • dark, decaying, and mysterious; • when it does reveal truth to man, its revelations are evil and hellish. • Shows individuals failing in their attempts to make changes for the better.

  5. The Dark Romantics Who are they? • Most notable dark romantic authors (1800s): • Edgar Allen Poe • Nathaniel Hawthorne • Herman Melville • Emily Dickinson • H.P. Lovecraft (1920s-30s)

  6. Poe • seminal dark romantic author • Common subjects • Fragile psychology of man—insanity • Evil Acts via insanity rather than pure evil • Buried alive • Duplicity • Heightened senses • The supernatural • Invented the short story and detective story. • Famous works: “The Tell Tale Heart,“ " The Fall Of The House Of Usher,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” “Cask of Amontillado”; poem “The Raven"

  7. Hawthorne • Has closest ties to the American Transcendental movement • works often cautionary tales: • extreme individualism • guilt and sin.

  8. Melville • Best known during his lifetime for his travel books, a twentieth-century revival in the study of Herman Melville’s works has left “Moby-Dick” and “Bartleby the Scrivener” among his most highly regarded. • Themes: man's blind ambition, cruelty, and defiance of God, madness, mystery, and the triumph of evil over good

  9. Dickinson • poems cover a broad spectrum of themes • many can be classified Dark Romantic. • reflect her early and lifelong fascination with: • illness • dying • death • the soul • afterlife.

  10. H.P. Lovecraft • See my Lovecraft PowerPoint!

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