Gothic Literature is said to go back to the 18 century when Gothic architecture was starting. It is said that "The Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole was the first Gothic romance. Anne Radcliffe was one of the first writers to get people interested in reading Gothic arts. Jane Austen and Mary Shelley are other Gothic writers. Frankenstein written by Shelley is said to be one of the first scientific novels. Edgar Allen Poe is said to be one of the best romance writers of all time. Charles Dickens made Gothic writing more modern day. Gothic Lit. made the reader think. It made the reader be able to feels the emotions the author was trying to write about. People loved what was being written because of the suspense. Gothic Lit was often over dramatic and gloomy.

Transcendentalism is a group of new ideas in Literature, religion, and culture in the 19 century.

Romantic Literature evolved from Gothic Literature when Gothic Lit. had run its course. Romantic Lit used imagination and got down to the deeper meanings of life.