Gothic Romanticism

What author is know for writing Gothic Romantic works such as the Fall of the House of Usher and The Raven

• Walt Whitman

• Harper Lee

• Herman Melville

• Edgar Allan Poe

Romantics were inspired by supernatural tales and myths

• true

• false

What are the two major categories of American Romanticism?

• Gothic Romantic & Religiousness

• Realism & Transcendentalism

• Gothic Romantic & Transcendentalism

• Realism & Regionalism

Gothic Literature is another name for Dark Romanticism

• true

• false

Which of these is not a characteristic of Gothic Romanticism?

• Interest in the supernatural

• People driven to madness

• Interest in psychology

• Interest in industrial advancements

What does Gothic Romantic writing tend to focus on?

• The natural goodness of human beings.

• The human being's tendency to sin and make mistakes.

T/F: The supernatural/ghosts often appear in gothic literature. 

• True

• False

In literature, how is "gothic" typically characterized?

• Light-hearted and humorous

• Romantic and cheerful

• Mysterious and eerie

• Scientific and factual

One of the elements of Gothic literature is ___________ settings like decaying castles, haunted houses, and trapdoors or cellars.

• supernatural

• gloomy

• isolation

• fear

True or false? An element of Gothic literature could involve wild and untamed nature.

• True

• False