Gothic critics Flashcards
1
Q
What does John Bowen say the Gothic is fascinated with?
A
Gothic fiction is fascinated by strange places
2
Q
What 2 types of setting are there (John)
A
wild and remote landscapes .. to very imprisoning places.. somewhere like Dracula
3
Q
What does the past do in the Gothic?
A
the past erupts within the present and deranges it
4
Q
Castles: ‘what they turn out to be once you are inside them is _____, scenarios of ____ of claustrophobia, of being unable to escape’
Who says this?
A
- labyrinths
- imprisonment
- David Punter
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