ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Edgar Allan Poe is credited with initiating the modern detective story, developing the Gothic horror story, and being a significant early forerunner of the science fiction form.

Detailed explanation-2: -Initially, Poe wrote burlesques of the Gothic story, but soon began to write seriously in the Gothic vein. Gothic tales often involve circumstances of mystery and horror, a general atmosphere of gloom and doom, and elements like dungeons, ghosts, and decaying castles with secret passageways.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The name Edgar Allan Poe conjures images of madmen, murderers and mysterious women who return from the dead. Most famous for his narrative works such as The Raven and the Tell Tale Heart, Poe has been described as the father of Gothic literature.

Detailed explanation-5: -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