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Gothic literature was set during the late-medieval or Gothic period it started in England, Germany, and the United States during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Southern gothic often referred to as Gothic horror is a genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Gothicism's started as a English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, subtitled "A Gothic Story". The effect of Gothic fiction feeds on a pleasing sort of terror, an extension of Romantic literary pleasures that were relatively new at the time of Walpole's novel. Melodrama and parody (including self-parody) were other long-standing features of the Gothic initiated by Walpole.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction)
Clara Reeve, best known for her work The Old English Baron,  Edgar Allan Poe "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839), Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1847).. O'Connor's writing also reflected her own Roman Catholic faith, and frequently examined questions of morality and ethics.

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Do's Of The 19th Century (for men)
-Wear gloves on the street, in church & other formal occasions, except when eating or drinking
-White or cream colored gloves for evening
-Gray or other darker colors for day wear
-Stand up when a lady enters a room (or your presence in a large room
-Stand up when a lady stands
-Offer a lady your seat if no others are available
-Assist a lady with her chair when she sits down or stands, especially when at a table or when the chairs are small and light


Dont's  Of The 19th Century (for men)
-Refer to another person by their first name in public
-Curse or discuss "impolite" subjects when ladies are present
-Leave a lady you know unattended, except with permission
-Use tobacco in any form when ladies are present
-Greet a lady in public unless she acknowledges you first
-Eat or drink while wearing gloves
            
     Do's For (Women)
-Graciously accept gentlemanly offers of assistance
-Wear gloves on the street, at church & other formal occasions, except when eating or drinking.

Dont's  Of The 19th Century (for women)

-Refer to another adult by his or her first name in public -Grab your hoops or lift your skirts higher than is absolutely necessary to go up stairs -Lift your skirts up onto a chair or stool, etc. -Sit with your legs crossed (except at the ankles if necessary for comfort or habit) -Lift your skirts up onto the seat of your chair when sitting down (Wait for, or if necessary, ask for assistance when sitting down at a table or on a small light chair) -Speak in a loud, bold voice