Everyone Loves a Horror Story Mysteries and Suspense from Edwards, Hawthorne, Irving, and Poe American Romanticism

Romantic What does it mean to call someone Romantic ?

What does it mean to call someone Romantic? Journal Describe a Romantic encounter in detail. It can be personal experience, or what you would imagine to be the most Romantic moment. This should be 5-7 sentences

Romanticism An American Literary movement that elevated the individual, the passions, and the inner life. It stressed strong emotion, imagination, freedom from classical correctness in art forms, and rebellion against social conventions.

Romanticism The name Romanticism can be a bit misleading because Romantics do not necessarily write about love.

Some famous American Romantics: And Mystery Writers Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe Nathaniel Hawthorne

Scary Elements Exploration of the past and of exotic, even supernatural, realms--the Gothic novel--old legends and folklore Contemplation of the natural world--lyric poetry--its underlying beauty and truth

Journal : What are some horror conventions that people are afraid of? Why are we afraid of bats? witches? cobwebs?

- Supernatural horrors and an atmosphere of unknown terror pervades the action - High emotion, sentimentalism, but also pronounced anger, and surprise. - Use of words indicating fear, mystery, etc: apparition, devil, ghost, haunted, terror, fright, fainting

Explored conflicts between good and evil, psychological effects of guilt and sin, and madness

Literary Style and Themes Recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning.premature burialmourning

Washington Irving “The Devil and Tom Walker”; “The Devil and Tom Walker”; “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”; “Rip Van Winkle” First American writer to achieve an international reputation First American writer to achieve an international reputation Spent quite a bit of time abroad;

Faust Legend: A tale about a man who sells his soul to the devil for earthly benefits. Each retelling involves a person who trades his soul for experience, knowledge, or treasure. Endings vary with the protagonist either, Doomed to failure Redeemed by virtues

Washington Irving’s success marked the beginning of a distinctly American literary heritage. He retold the Faust legend (German) in a noticeably American way.

Dissimulation Dissimulation- to conceal (one's real feelings) by pretence Cunningly- skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner Sagacity- mental discernment and soundness of judgment. Hearkening- giving heed or attention to what is said; listening Refrained- abstained from an impulse to say or do something

Masters of Horror Stephen King is often compared to the 18th century weaver of horror tales, Edgar Allan Poe king/assets/images/sehr_schones_ bild_von_king.jpg poe.jpg

Poe’s Life Best known for poetry and short fiction pieces Life span: Created detective story and refined psychological thriller World-wide influence on literature photos/Westminster-Poe's%20grave.jpg

Poe’s Childhood Parents: David Poe Elizabeth Atkins Parents died before Poe was 3 Adopted by John Allan Poe was baptized Edgar Allan Poe html

Poe’s Young Adult Years Poe quarreled with John Allan Attended University of Virginia Incurred gambling debts and left UV Enlisted in US Army

Trouble Follows Poe After Allan died, Poe was discharged from Army Poe was expelled from West Point Throughout his troubles, Poe continued to write westpointlogo_color_50.gif

Poe’s Romance Lived with Aunt, Maria Clemm, and cousin Virginia Dated Virginia and married her Began writing for newspapers/magazines Moved to Philadelphia poep004r.jpg

Poe’s Masterpieces Written Poe published some of best known works: The Raven The Tell-Tale Heart The Black Cat The Bells ages/pr/177X150/00/77/41/19/8d/ JPG

Death in Poe’s Life Lost mother to “coughing sickness”/tuberculosistuberculosis Lost Virginia to “coughing sickness”/tuberculosistuberculosis

Mystery of Poe’s Death Found delirious in Baltimore on October 3 Found in someone else's clothing Found on Election Day Died October LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Playbill Assignment Task: You are hired by a theater to create a playbill on Poe and one of his stories or one of his poems that will be performed 0stage%20full%20view.jpg

Playbill Information Cover: Title of work/works Author Student name Graphics that represent work

Playbill Information Inside left: Brief overview of Poe’s life Allen-Poe's-Tales-of-.jpg

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Playbill Information Back: Brief synopsis of story/poems _AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Creating Playbill Create your playbill using Publisher, MS Word, or construction paper! I will give you set up instructions and design tips.