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20. Mai 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).
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Shelley’s best-known book is Frankenstein; or, The...
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Vor 4 Tagen · The Nature of Gothic. Creator. John Ruskin. Date. 1892. Publisher. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. Subject. art. architecture. society. gothic. Coverage. medieval. Middle Ages. Europe. Venice. Italy. Type. Essay. Format. printed book.
Vor 3 Tagen · Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.
19. Mai 2024 · Gothic literature, born in the 18th century, weaves together horror, romance, and the supernatural, captivating readers with its eerie settings and vulnerable heroines, while exploring themes of madness and isolation.
Vor 6 Tagen · Defining the Gothic. Characteristics of the Gothic. Women and the Gothic. BartyED English tuition . In this series, BartyED’s expert English tutors describe literary movements pertinent to IGCSE, A-Level, and IBDP students of English. This week we will be discussing the Gothic.
Vor 2 Tagen · Morris was heavily influenced by the writings of the art critic John Ruskin, being particularly inspired by his chapter "On the Nature of Gothic Architecture" in the second volume of The Stones of Venice; he later described it as "one of the very few necessary and inevitable utterances of the century".
15. Mai 2024 · Nevertheless, it was the writings of art critic John Ruskin on the social and moral basis of architecture (particularly the chapter “On the Nature of Gothic” in The Stones of Venice) that came to Morris “with the force of a revelation.” After taking a degree in 1856, he entered the Oxford office of the Gothic Revivalist ...
