ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Horace Walpole (1717-1797) was an English writer and politician, who is mainly known for his short novel The Castle of Otranto (1764) which is considered the first example of the genre of the Gothic novel.

Detailed explanation-2: -Generally regarded as the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto was first published in 1764.

Detailed explanation-3: -Walpole was inspired to write the story after a nightmare he had at his Gothic Revival home, Strawberry Hill House, in southwest London.

Detailed explanation-4: -Walpole wrote his signature work, The Castle of Otranto, in 1764. The novel is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later eighteenth century and early nineteenth century.