Gothic Literature is writing about horror and romance together. One of the first known writers of this genre was Horace Walpole. He wrote the the novel The Castle of Otantro. It was created in Europe in the 1760's. It comes from Gothic architecture. Some of the main points of this kind of writing are being anti catholic, and being romantic.
Romanticism doesn't have a whole lot to do with being romantic. It may include love, but it focuses more on nature and a persons emotions. The ideas are sometimes slightly unrealistic in the writings.
Transcendentalism was a change in many writers in the mid 19th century in the Boston area. This came from the romanticism style of writing from the europen writers. It was rejecting organized religion and wanting to be free from god. One writer was Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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