Gothic Through The Ages

Question 1

18th Century:

Answer 1

• Castle of Otranto, Horace Walpole 1764. Supernatural, sublime and historical reference, family relationships
• Mysteries of Udolpho, Anne Radcliffe 1795. Terror/horror, setting, Age of Enlightenment: logical explanations for supernatural.
• The Monk Matthew Lewis, 1796: ‘Male Gothic’, Horror, Ambroso sells soul, Biblical heresy, rape etc

Question 2

Early 19th Century:

Answer 2

• The Vampyre, John Polidori 1816. Attractive vampire, aristocratic and charming.
• Frankenstein, Mary Shelley 1816, Spooky, science gone too far, man playing God. (“God figure but simulataneously satan figure”)
• Uncanny of ressurection