Gothicism


 * 1) My topic is over the "__Gothicism__" during the //Industrial revolution.//
 * 2) **What I already know**:
 * Who:** It is most commonly known as a morbid/gloomy style. For example, there are gothic style houses and occasionally fictional literature characterized by gloomy settings, violent or grotesque actions, and a mood of decay/degeneration.
 * What:** The style commonly used in the industrial revolution
 * When:** From the 1700s to the modern day era

3. **What I want to know: Reason for doing this research topic Who:** What important people played a role with this Gothicism
 * What:** How many types of Gothicism is out there
 * Where**: Where did this originate?
 * When:** When did this start?
 * Why:** Why did it start?
 * How:** How did this impact the Industrial revolution?


 * Draft**

Gothicism influenced the Industrial revolution by moving our culture, literature and way of thinking to a more diverse and skeptical way. When you look at the facts I've provided you within this paper, you will see how Gothicism impacted the industrial revolution as well as parts of the world. To my understanding, Gothic literature was perceived as dark and horrific; but if we didn't have it, we probably wouldn't be talking or thinking the way we do to this present day era.

Gothicism was started way back during the 18th century, but novels and designs were not made till the early 1700s. Gothic books were usually very dark and morbid. These books were meant to scare the readers and fill their heads with mysterious thoughts. Gothicism impacted The Industrial Revolution by filling young readers (those who could read) with scary stories of old even if most of them were false. I think the expansion of Gothic Literature effected the shape and the way the Industrial Revolution; Also, the "Gothic" style cause a Victorian era in which most people had Gothic style homes and such. In the 1800s, during the start of The industrial revolution many new forms of Gothic fiction novels started to flourish. Many American writers were extremely influenced with the Gothic Literature style. Soon after that, love stories(romanticism) was grouped into the Gothic pod. I think the expansion of Gothic Literature effected the shape and the way the Industrial Rev. took place. If Gothicism wasn't brought here, then we probably would have a different type of than we do now at this present era. (Dunn, Richard J)

Scary undefined Gothic began in earlier novels, though when more and more people started to use it, it became more known to the American society. Soon after that, with all the morbid and horrifics, //Supernatural// elements were added to Gothic literature as well. So now, they had the shades of darkness, love and the supernatural. (Gale Group) The way our literature was impacted was due to gothicism. I'm sure there were many other elements, but during the industrial revolution, this was probably the main reason. Our minds, our way of thinking was changed when Gothicism was introduced to the empty mind. Keep in mind that traditional "Gothic" literature (1764-1820, or later) is written during the Romantic period, so many general discussions or overviews of Romantic literature (English, American, Continental) or Romantic-era culture will deal with some aspects of these works. (Lit Gothic) These times were extremely important to how our culture and society flourished during the Industrial Revolution. Without the added "romanticism" we wouldn't have our classic soap operas and romantic novels today. Gothicism was really misunderstood back then, and is still pretty unpredictable today, but with Romaticism involved, we can interpret different fine arts to date.

The work was tremendously popular, and imitations followed in such numbers that the Gothic novel (or romance) was probably the commonest type of fiction in England for the next half century. (Norton) This quote states how important this style of literature was during the century. It began small, but then became very common in Europe. For the next century and a half it was very popular. In my theory, this style came to American culture when immigrants came over to the U.S. From there, more people became interested in it and it flourished during the industrial revolution. Victorian literature(same as gothicism), was often known for its gloomy, yet comedic novels. Usually remembered as "Gothic"; During these times it was considered the greatest era of comic writing/ influence.

The way the Industrial revolution was shaped was by many many things. Although a large portion of our literature and culture was cultivated by Gothicism. Without it, we wouldn't have some of the fascinating ideas or imagination people had growing up when they read the story of "Frankenstein" nor would we have such great authors and poets. Gothicism now isn't flourishing as well as it did during those times but, it is still used from time to time. Think about it, if Gothicism had this impact, what more something else?

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