LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Bram Stoker
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Mary Shelley
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Robert Frost
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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: -Mary Shelley was for sure the most goth author of all time-not only did she write Frankenstein, widely considered to be the first horror novel, but she also kept her husband’s heart wrapped up in a silk handkerchief on her person at all times.
Detailed explanation-3: -This genre is dark, eerie, and mysterious, often containing elements of terror, horror, and the macabre and the bizarre. Common themes and motifs of the Gothic include power, confinement, and isolation.
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