American Gothic Flashcards
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Unlike Romanticism, which favored imagination, sensibility, and idealization of nature, Gothic turned its focus toward the horror and evils of the dark side of humanity and perversions of nature.
By the nineteenth century, American writers had created their own brand of Gothic. American issues and concepts mingled with classic European Gothic elements and a new literary genre was born.
Common themes in American Gothic literature include Puritanical ideals and the effects of its strict moral code on individuals and society; expansion of the westward frontier and subsequent conflicts; and mounting racial tensions between White, Black, and Native American people.
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