LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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the wealthy
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reason
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falwed heroes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gothic involves the supernatural (or the promise of the supernatural), it often involves the discovery of mysterious elements of antiquity, and it usually takes its protagonists into strange or frightening old buildings.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hero of a Gothic narrative is not a Homeric hero setting out on a lofty quest; he is just a noble young gentleman trying to win the hand of the heroine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gothic fiction as a genre was first established with the publication of Horace Walpole’s dark, foreboding The Castle of Otranto in 1764. In the centuries since, gothic fiction has not only flourished, but also branched off into many popular subgenres.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mary Shelley Works. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Chronology & Resource Site. Shelley’s Ghost. Horace Walpole works at Project Gutenberg. Bram Stoker on Project Gutenberg. Ann Radcliffe-British Library. 14-Apr-2022