Gothic novels

Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are the great Gothic writers of the 19th century. Gothic in the 19th century was considered gritty, grim and barbarous to an extent as well, depending on the author you come across. Gothic is what brought the unconscious mind, also known as altered states, to the surface. The unconscious mind being, the fear you don’t seek. Most of the time in your dreams—or what you think to be your dreams. The unconscious mind shows you that with great hope, also comes…

in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Frankenstein is considered to be a gorry romance novel that clearly fits into these two examples of literary genres. Romanticism is a literary, artistic, aesthetic and philosophical movement that was originated in late eighteenth century. Romantic novels emphasize on the imagination, emotions and appreciation of external nature. Some important aspects that are found in Romantic novels are the focus of the author or narrator's emotions towards the inner world,…

When gothic literature is written, many different themes can be used to create a feeling of tension and suspense. For example, in “The Red Room,” Wells uses themes of supernatural and fear to give feelings of tension and suspense. On the other hand, in And Then There Were None Christie conjures that suspenseful feeling by using mystery and conflict between characters. Even though the authors use different methods, they both find ways of generating a feeling of tension and suspense. One of the…

The movie plays with these different elements of gothic and romanticism to project the feelings of the protagonists from the inside to the outside. To underline it, the music in Beauty and a Beast goes parallel with the setting. At first, the contrast between Belle’s vil-lage and the castle is significant. The village is full with happy people who sing and dance (3:30 - 8:28) while the castle is presented with dark tones and music (13:30 – 15:00). It has the function to thrill the audience and…

captivate the reader into the world of gothic novels. We hate just to love these elements although they are what makes the reader so enticed we want more. The gothic literature presented in Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier allows the reader to feel a sense of terror and fear because of the clever usage of imageries of the natural world, unexplained elements of the supernatural, and the dream - like stages that occurs throughout this novel; by including these gothic details, the plot has an heighten…

In “Making a Spectacle: Welty, Faulkner and Southern gothic,” Susan Donaldson explores Southern Gothic literature. In this article, Donaldson discusses the grotesque themes found in Southern Gothic literature. She incorporates different descriptions of Southern Gothic from various authors to give an accurate definition of Southern Gothic literature. Donaldson also explores the relationship between Southern Gothic and the portrayal of female characters. In the Old South, women were usually pitied…

Some famous works that were written during the time of the civil war were, Herman Melville who wrote the book, Battle Pieces and Aspects of the War. These novels were known to dedicated, “to the memory of the three hundred thousand who in the war for the maintenance of the Union fell devotedly under the flag of their fathers” (Digital Collections for the Classroom). As for slavery literature, it has been known…

In Literature, the authors tend to create symbolic figures that the reader often catches, but it represents something totally different for everyone. The novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte can be characterized as Gothic Fiction with a hint of Romanticism, and the Victorian Ideal. The novel centers around a “gypsy” like kid named Heathcliff, who is adopted and raised in Wuthering Heights, where he endures pain through abuse, the ideas of revenge and casting it on others, and finds love but…

series is a series of novels by Emma Newman an author of dark urban fantasy novels, science fiction, and short stories. The Splits Worlds series is one of her most popular series of fantasy fiction novels with a dash of evil fairies, fantastical magic, and noir. Newman published the first novel in the series Between Two Thorns in 2013, which spawned several more titles in the series. An avid gamer herself, Newman portrays incredible world building skills in the novels. The novels are set in the…

Bram Stokers novel Dracula from the late 19th century. Love, lust and horror frame the world-known book Dracula, which is about the evil Count Dracula travelling his way to London, England, turning young, beautiful women into vampires and allure them back to Transylvania in the now-existing Romania. The novel Dracula is written by Bram Stoker in 1897 during the Victorian era. The genre is Gothic fiction due to the combination of horror, lust and love. The novel presents several Gothic devices,…