THE GOTHIC NOVEL
THE GOTHIC NOVEL
The Gothic Novel is an English genere of fiction popular in 18th to earlt 19th centuries, characterized by an atmosphere of mystery, suspense and horror.The Gothic Novel was invented by Horace Walpole. The first Gothic Novel was The Castle of Otranto, and it was published in 1764.
One of the elements that I didn't include in my list is women in distress or women threatened by a powerful, impulsive tyrannical male.
And I also didn't include any supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events, and any ancient prophecy.
ments I didn't include in my list:
- Omens
- Portents
- Visions
- Wind
- Rain
- Doors granting on rusty hinges
- Clanking chains
- Thunder an lightning
- Lights in abandoned rooms
- Anxious
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