Mind when you hear the word gothic do you think of crumbling castles the candlelit corridors haunted by unhappy ghosts. Who do you picture creatures of macabre face and form like Frankenstein's ill-fated monster the Gothic comprises all these and many more.
Origins:
Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto published in 1764 is largely credited with kick-starting the English gothic phenomenon full of lengthy adjectives written descriptions that arguably diffuse rather than develop a feeling of horror nevertheless the novel had an electrifying effect on its audience the tale of the doomed lovers plagued by ancient curses gave rise to a surge of interest in stories featuring unnatural beings extravagant violent and intensely passionate protagonists as well as other elements that have come to define the genre in the rash of imitations that.
Gothic Past and Future:
Followed enduring classics such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights emerged with Bram Stoker's Dracula appearing almost
