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5 de may. de 2024 · This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an oriental tale by an eccentric millionaire, exotically combines Gothic ...
8 de may. de 2024 · The Castle of Otranto, 1764. Author: Horace Walpole, 1717-1797. Below are the Gothic titles by this author. See the supplementary material for more information about Horace Walpole's life and work, including biography and context, literary criticism, and searchable online texts. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.
- Jennifer Ferguson
- 2018
20 de may. de 2024 · The term Gothic novel refers to European Romantic pseudomedieval fiction having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror. Its heyday was the 1790s, but it underwent frequent revivals in subsequent centuries. The first Gothic novel in English was Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1765).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16 de may. de 2024 · Widely considered to be the first true Gothic novel, Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto was published in 1764. With its haunted castle, nightmarish deaths and ancient prophecies, it’s quite overblown for contemporary readers but all the elements of a great creepy story are there.
5 de may. de 2024 · introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an oriental tale by an eccentric millionaire, exotically combines Gothic
15 de may. de 2024 · Late 18th Century: The Origins. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, published in 1764, is hailed as the genre’s first original novel. It established the genre’s tone with its unique elements, such as remote castles, supernatural events, and gloomy atmospheres.
8 de may. de 2024 · Gothic Fiction: 1764-1832. "Gothic fiction began as a sophisticated joke. Horace Walpole first applied the word ‘Gothic’ to a novel in the subtitle – ‘A Gothic Story’ – of The Castle of Otranto, published in 1764. When he used the word it meant something like ‘barbarous’, as well as ‘deriving from the Middle Ages’.
