DARK ROMANTICS

Dark Romantics Literature took place during the civil war in the eighteen hundreds

This type of writing was popularly known as a sub-genre of the larger Romantic Movement.

CHARACTERISTICS OF DARK ROMANTICS

• There is a focus on tragedy
• Pays attention to the mysteries in life
• Shows a belief in sin and evil
• Honors human nature and its struggles
• Is dark and creepy literature

Near the end of the Dark Romantics period the civil war took place. The war added to the evil and sin everyone believed in.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

• The Scarlet Letter
• Twice-Told Tales
• The Marble Faun

HERMAN MELLVILLE

• Mobby Dick
• Typee
• Redburn

EDGAR ALLEN POE

• The Raven
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue

WHAT CAUSED THEM TO WRITE

• Hawthornes father died from yellow fever when he was only four.
• Melville fell ill to scarlet fever and permanantly impaired his vision.
• Poes father left the family early on and a year later, Poes mother died.