LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY (18TH 19TH) CENTURIES
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The sublime
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The explained supernatural
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Its medieval settings
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Its use of mysterious events to spur readers’ interests and emotional responses
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first work to call itself Gothic was Horace Walpole’s 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, later subtitled “A Gothic Story". Subsequent 18th century contributors included Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, William Thomas Beckford, and Matthew Lewis.
Detailed explanation-2: -Affiliation With Supernatural Forces Another key element of Gothic literature is its affiliation with supernatural forces such as ghosts, vampires, giants, monsters, demons and zombies. In Gothic novels, we see ghosts or monsters pursuing the protagonist and dead people coming to life and scaring people.
Detailed explanation-3: -The supernatural is a key defining element in the Gothic. Whether they invoke the supernatural directly or rely upon the imagination of the reader to provide it, Gothic writers use the supernatural to build suspense, and create special effects for the reader.
Detailed explanation-4: -Radcliffe created the novel of suspense by combining the Gothic romance of Horace Walpole, [7] who initiated the genre of Gothic novels with his rather popular ‘Castle of Ortranto’, with the novel of sensibility, which focused on an impeccable proper heroine and emphasized the love interest.