Gothic novels

writer, dramatist, biographer, and travel writer. She was born August 30, 1797 in Somers Town, London in the United Kingdom. She was well-known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus. Shelly spent time in Geneva to get inspiration for the novel Frankenstein. Shelly focuses on the influences of history, the elements of the Gothic theme, and the theme of Modern Prometheus. The history of Frankenstein started when Mary Shelly was just a teenager. Frankenstein was written in…

In the Gothic novels, “Dracula” by Bram Stoker and “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson there are several overlapping themes acknowledging and challenging cultural ideas of gender including gender roles, and gender sexuality. Cultural ideas of gender roles and gender sexuality are explored and questioned in both gothic novels; as the both novels, in their own way, challenge the current cultural ideas surrounding boundaries of gender in that place and time that the novels were written…

Gothic literature applies to all works of writing with dark and chilling elements much like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Gothic elements such as loss, monsters, and psychological issues are connected to Riggs’ novel, but also to well-known gothic short stories like “The Raven”, “The Black Cat”, by Edgar Allan Poe, and “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga. For example, the famous poem “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe, and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar…

dying as her children watch. Well if you haven’t, gothic writers certainly have. These situations are all forms of gothic literature thought up by Edgar Allen Poe and William Faulkner. Two great examples of gothic literature are As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe. Gothic Literature is the fascination with all forms of dark and cruel nature. From Family secrets to terror and even death gothic literature always finds a new way to show how…

supernatural. The combination of fiction, horror, and romanticism that make up Gothic literature often lead to these paranormal events. Explaining the reason for this, a high school teacher stated, “Gothic literature aims to show that the fixed binary oppositions that operate in reality are actually a construct, and there lies a middle, blurred ground between what we like to think are neatly pigeonholed terms” (Gothic). Gothic fiction often dances between the concepts of life and death. Many…

article, Female Gothic: The Monster’s Mother, Ellen Moers implies that Mary Shelley has written the novel Frankenstein based on her own experiences. Ellen Moers starts off by stating that Gothic novels originated from women. The Gothic space allowed women to go beyond the boundaries in terms of novel writing and this is an initial strong evidence-based claim that sets up the rest of the article. Moers introduces Gothic literature by giving the example of Ann Radcliffe. Radcliffe used gothic…

The novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker’s has countless adaptations due to Stoker’s unique construction of the monstrous character Count Dracula. These adaptations include movies, television series, parodies, novels, video games, and comic books. At first impression of the film I thought the director and screen play writer did a satisfactory job alongside keeping the film similar to the original writings, although there are some differences. One of the most prominent character difference was…

surprises and mind-bending twists, Gothic Literature is an excellent genre to fulfill that role. While these novels can vary from the average home in a futuristic world to an old and decaying mansion on a stormy night, or from several characters to just a few, Gothic stories mainly focus on horror themes that set the reader on edge. Death, supernatural activity, spooky settings and suspicions about who can be trusted are many common characteristics featured in Gothic Literature however they may…

publication in 1818, various film and literary adaptations have been due to its popularity and critique of human morality in the face of technological innovation. Although promoted as one of the first science fiction novels, Frankenstein contained more elements of horror stemming from its gothic elements and romantic thought aside from its components of science fiction. By examining the mysterious and romantic elements of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, we see its influence on popular culture and…

known for her 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (). Her father was a lawyer in their hometown Monroeville Alabama. He defended two black men, a father and a son, who were accused of murdering a white store clerk, similar to Atticus in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (). Lee’s mother was a home keeper, she suffered from a very rare illness so she rarely left their home and also may have had a bipolar disorder (). Harper Lee wrote her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, on…