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INTRODUCTION What is Dark Romanticism? ├─ Definition ├─ The origin of Dark Romanticism └─ Dark Romanticism today DARKLY ROMANTIC News Literature ├─ The Bible, Decamerone and Shakespeare ├─ Romanticism - the gothic ├─ The gothic aftermath - fantasy ├─ Modernism - decadence ├─ 20th century └─ Dark l y Romantic literature A - Z Music └─ Darkly Romantic music A - Z Comics ├─ Batman ├─ The Crow ├─ Sandman └─ The Tomb of Dracula Movies ├─ Darkly Romantic movies ├─ Film Noir ├─ David Lynch └─ Tim Burton Art Quotes	INSPIRATIONS AND INFLUENCES Religious symbolism and mysticism ├─ Christian symbolism ├─ Gothic architecture ├─ The life of Jesus ├─ Medieval mysticism ├─ Rasputin └─ Eternal love Philosophical background ├─ Calvinism ├─ Romanticism ├─ Idealism ├─ Transcendentalism ├─ Mysticism ├─ Solipsism ├─ The Supernatural ├─ The Sublime ├─ Imaginative flight └─ Dark Romanticism? Folklore and Mythology ├─ Folklore and religion ├─ Bokkerijders ├─ Life after death ├─ Ghosts ├─ Malevolent spirits - vampires ├─ Animals - ravens and bats ├─ Greek mythology └─ Folklore now and then Whisky and cigarettes ├─ Barromanticism └─ Absinthe Gallery	ANALYZING DARK ROMANTICISM Distinctive features ├─ Heroic despair ├─ Villany ├─ Murder ├─ Nightmare landscapes ├─ Subversive/impossible love ├─ The wasteland and the sea ├─ Death ├─ Ambivalence └─ Pessimism and cynicism? Why the deviation from Romanticism? 9 approaches: ├─ Psycho-analytic ├─ Religious ├─ Mystic ├─ Philosophical ├─ Romantic ├─ Social ├─ Inspirational └─ Sublime Evil - reality or belief? ├─ Brief history ├─ Villains ├─ Monsters ├─ Criminals and scientists ├─ Abusers - decadence └─ Hedonists - pleasure-seeking Dark Romanticism in the 21th century ├─ Dark Romanticism - history or future? └─ The postmodern world OTHER ┌─ Contact ├─ Dedication └─ Disclaimer