A gothic “double” is used in which a character who seems to be good is linked with another who is evil GOTHIC%20CHAPBOOKSX.HTMġ1 More characteristics Blood, pain, death Cruelty EroticismĬharacters with “aberrant psychological states” Events are “uncanny, macabre, or melodramatically violent bordering between reality and unrealityġ2 Purpose To evoke “terror” versus “horror” in the reader because of situations bordering reality/unreality Often used to teach a message May lack a Medieval setting but will develop an atmosphere of gloom and terror Religion, usually Christianity or at least spirituality, is confronted. Agnes by Keats - settingĨ Characteristics Set in Medieval times Dark, mysterious, evil toneĭark castles, palaces, chambers, haunted mansions Isolated setting All come together to emphasize the sense of evilĩ More characteristics Presence of ghosts, spirits, vampires, and other supernatural entities Mysterious disappearances and reappearances Supernatural or paranormal occurrences Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge- skeleton ship and the crew’s reaction Christabel by Coleridge- atmosphere, setting, and fragmentary plot of seduction and witchery Manfred by Byron - initial scene The Even of St. Tradition: 8-foot tall monster made of separate body pieces .us/ WVLC%20BOOK/Frank. Single most important product of this tradition Themes relate to science, poetry, psychology, alienation, politics, education, family relationships, etc. Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey (parody of Gothic novels) Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier, Barbara Michaels, Anne Riceĥ A classic Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) Later 18th Century Started with a “Gothic Revival” - mid-1700’s Visible in gardens Seen in architecture (gargoyles) of the Middle Ages 1740’s - Horace Walpole - Strawberry Hill estate near London Published The Castle of Otranto: a Gothic StoryĪny kind of romantic, scary novel Came from Germany in the late 1700’s - early 1800’s Popular among female writers Became best sellers!Ĥ Famous Gothic Writers Ann Radcliffe - The Mysteries of Udolpho
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