Gothic denoted a time that was barbaric, disordered, irregular – before the Enlightenment and the scientific revolution. Gothic texts represent a world that is not totally controlled by, and accessible to, human rationality. It is aware of deeper psychological and sexual impulses beyond the realm of reason. Gothic grew from the mid-18th century onwards. Reaction against the symmetries of neo-classical form and design. ‘The Eve of St Agnes’, ‘Isabella: or The Pot of Basil’, ‘Lamia’, ‘Endymion’ have Gothis elements.