Gothic fiction

Honors English IV 8 December 2016 Gothic Elements in Frankenstein A gothic novel is an English genre of fiction that was popular in the early 18th and 19th centuries that combines horror, mystery, and death in a seemingly meaningful setting. Frankenstein took place in continental Europe, specifically Switzerland and Germany, with other parts taking place in Arctic regions. The location/setting is just one characteristic that makes this a gothic novel. Gothic novels consist of various elements

Does Poe’s writing go beyond the popular gothic tradition? Edgar Allan Poe was a unique writer. He managed to capture the imagination and interests of many different readers around the world. He earned the nickname “Father of the Detective Story” because of his creative talents. According to David Galloway, “Poe was a master of intensity of the picture he is able to construct from ‘Gothic’ materials.” He says that, “Poe attempted to go beyond the popular tradition, and deplored the meretricious

The gothic genre is a style of writing that is characterized by components of horror, disquietude, death and romance. There are many conventions to the gothic genre which indulges details on gothic architecture, spirituality and lucid descriptions in the first person along with dialogues. It is widely accepted that both the novella, ‘Carmilla’ and the short stories from ‘The Bloody Chamber’ include these aspects of gothic literature. Patriarchal dominance is often defined as a system of male domination

The term “gothic” originates from the ornate architecture created by the Germanic tribes called the Goths. This ornate and intricate style of architecture proved to be the ideal backdrop for both the physical and the psychological settings in a new literary style. This literary style coined the “gothic”, began in the mid-1700s with a story titled, The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. The budding genre takes influence from an architectural movement propagated by the Goths, but so too does the

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Within the specter of the Gothic fictions arises the atmosphere of gloom, terror, and mystery with some elements of uncanny challenging reality. One major characteristic function of the Gothic fictions is to open the fiction to the realm of the irrational and perverse narratives, obsessions, and nightmarish terrors that hide beneath the literally civilized mindset in order to demonstrate the presence of the uncanny existing in the world known rationally through experience

1989 essay delineating how Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” functions as a Gothic allegory, Greg Johnson describes Gilman’s achievement as yet awaiting its “due recognition” and her compelling short story as being “[s]till under-read, still haunting the margins of the American literary canon” (530).1 Working from the premise that Gilman’s tale “adroitly and at times parodically employs Gothic conventions to present an allegory of literary imagination unbinding the social, domestic

Such renowned Gothic books such as “Lewis' The Monk”, Mrs. Radcliffe's “The Italian” and Maturin's Melmoth the “Wanderer” depict life as disgraceful and corrupted. (Crow) Gothic authors parodied the misuses of religion and the superiority of the Catholic Church, as he saw it. Gothic books oftentimes cover a professional killer and they regularly show scenes of the Spanish Inquisition (Crow). Poe's

Gothic literature was a literary movement that focused on death, decay and both physical and psychological terror. Gothic style also suggests a belief in the supernatural and thus many gothic texts contain an air of mystery and intrigue. The genre was originally thought to be a response to the Age of Reason, which was a radical notion held by Thomas Paine that criticised religion and challenged the legitimacy of the bible. Another key aspect in any gothic text is 'evil'. Such inclusion of these evil

What is the meaning of the notion Gothic? This word is generally used in relation to dark elements. In the Word Histories and Mysteries From Abracatadabra to Zeus is stated clearly that: “…Gothic is related to the name Goth used for one of those invading Germanic tribes. The word Gothic, first recorded in 1611 in a reference of the language of the Goths, was extended in sense in several ways, meaning “Germanic”, “medieval, not classical”, “barbarous” and also an architectural style that was not

Similar Gothic Elements in the Work of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe are considered masters of American gothic fiction. They used similar gothic elements in their writing and used it to build up a sense of impending doom. Even today numerous readers enjoy, study, and discuss the gothic elements both utilized in their work. Gothic writing is a style that is concerned with the dark side of society, an evil that lies within the self. Poe and Hawthorne