Gothic Romanticism

While many relate Dark Romanticism with Gothic Literature, they may seem alike but are surprisingly different. Including the origin, the style, and the scenic backgrounds. They both hold dark and mystic themes, but have completely different ways of carrying it out. Dark Romantics is in definition the literary feature of Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism was idealized in the 19th century, and lead to the creation of other types of writing genres still used today. This philosophical movement, involving God, self, and nature was vital in the creating of both Dark Romanticism and Gothic literature.
Poe and Hawthorne, some authors that are debated upon in relation to the classification of genre, have had some disagreements leading to public …show more content…
All of Poe’s stories are written in his eyes, and in doing so we witness the illusions and delusions. These are relating to the visual arts. This to aid in the insights of the character, and have a more emotional journey in the story. Poe was influenced by the aesthetic arguments of “Sister Arts” (Burwick 425). He refers to the “obscurity, power, darkness, solitude, and vastness” (Burwick 425). He stipulates numerous amounts of time, on beauty of the sublime and “ideality “it holds. The definition of picturesque is the natural scene composed “as a picture”. Beauty is no restrictive concept. They all share three basic …show more content…
In comparison with other ideological beliefs of an author’s classification, Poe is a Gothic writer. Poe and Melville were the only gothic writers discussed, and aided in the example of the difficulty of distinguishing the authors with each other. Dark Romanticism is the idealization of Transadentalism, and the concept of God, Nature, and self. Self- Reliance plays a major role in Romantics. Gothic, having a more dark, ghastly, and chilling sense targets more readers