Edgar Allan Poe Author Study American Gothic Gothic Literature The Beginnings… Gothic Literary tradition came to be in part from the Gothic architecture.
American Romanticism 1800 - 1860 We will walk with our own feet we will work with our own hands we will speak our own minds -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Characteristics of Gothic Literature Subgenre of Romanticism 1800-1860.
Agenda 1.Bellringer: SIT IN YOUR GROUPS and Define and write an example for each of the following: alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia.
American Gothic 1.Inability to overcome perversity by rational thought 2.Sucked in by rational ideals in irrational situations 3.Fear the unknown or future.
Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849 His Family and Tragic Life Born in Boston The son of traveling actors Tragic and unhappy life.
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Gothic Literature The Beginnings… Gothic Literary tradition came to be in part from the Gothic architecture of the Middle Ages. Gothic cathedrals.
Journal 1-7 What do you associate with “Gothic”? What do you associate with “Gothic”? Make a list of all the people, places, things, ideas, authors, films,
