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The Gothic Novel

• Who invented the G.N.?
• It was invented by Horace Walpole.

• What was the first G.N.?
•   The Castle of Otranto was the first, published in 1764.

• When was it first published?
• In 1764.

• Wich basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list?
• Setting in a castle.
• An ancient prophecy.
• Omens, portents, visions.
• High, even overwrought emotion.
• Women in distress.
• Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male.
• Laughters.
• Characters trapped in a room.
• Ruins of buildings.
• Lights in abandoned rooms.
• Bays of wolves.
• Choler.
•  Uncertainty of reciprocation love.
• Rival lovers or multiple suitors.



Dictionary

• Unreturned love.