Articles related to "Gothic Novel"

The gothic genre encompasses a wide and varying range of books which hold in common several key elements-suspense, a touch of horror, and often romance.

Otranto is widely acknowledged to be the first gothic novel. The plot devices and storylines of this classic novel would set the stage for Gothic literature to come.

Readers of early Gothic novels did not expect the history portrayed in them to be accurate. Today's readers expect precision. Why were Gothic readers less demanding?

English writer Ann Radcliffe, whilst not inventing the Gothic novel, took it to new heights with soaring idyllic descriptions, poetry recitations, and eerie atmospheres.

In 1818 Shelley created a much loved Gothic novel, Frankenstein, which she would use as a medium to present her ideas and thoughts on birth, biology and feminism.

In general, Gothic works include unusual or strange characters, often abuses or abductions, eerie settings, and beautiful or noble heroes and heroines.

Ann Radcliffe did not invent the Gothic novel, but she advanced the genre with depictions of great beauty and horror, using mood to move her plot forward.

Jane Jordan creates a captivating and psychological romance with her vampire novel, Raven's Deep. Darius Chambers is charming and to die for. Literally.

The novels of 19th century novelist Jane Austen share a piercing satire, eloquent wit, and wonderful characterization. The novels, however, vary in several ways.

A guide to what is classed as a realist novel, and what is not. What makes a novel (or film / television programme) so realistic that it is actually believable.

For over 25 years, John Bellairs wrote best selling mystery novels for young adults. Following his death in 1991, Brad Strickland now writes this gripping series.

The half-way point in a major restoration project at Strawberry Hill House, Walpole's fantasy gothic castle, has been marked by the installation of a gilded weathervane.

The 1960s and 1970s were the decades of the gothic romance in the US and in Great Britain. In the US, VIrginia Coffman, Phyllis Whitney and Barbara Michaels reigned

If you are a goth who loves Halloween but are tired of the same old clichéd costumes, here are 4 easy and inexpensive ideas that will ensure you stand out from the crowd.

On a lonely moor, a woman dressed in white flees from a mansion with a single, lit, garrot window. For many, this is what comes to mind when they hear "Gothic Horror."

My Cousin Rachel is a suspenseful 1951 gothic novel by English author Daphne Du Maurier (1907-1989) written in partial flashback.

In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen presents arguments about the joy of novels, speaks of art and sonnets, and models the settings after ethereal gothic visions.

In ITV's screen adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Dr Who star, Billie Piper takes the lead, as impoverished heroine Fanny Price.

The Wasp Factory is Iain Banks first novel. It was published in 1984 and focuses on the life and family of sixteen year old Frank Cauldhame.

Peter Ackroyd's excellent new novel re-examines the story of Frankenstein and his monstrous creation.

The Hound of the Baskevilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle, shows the great scientific detective Sherlock Holmes in a novel with distinctly Gothic tendencies.

Nigel Molesworth, hero of the hilarious series by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle, is everything a schoolboy shouldn't be - irreverent, cynical, mordant and amoral.

Continuing the guide to the "musts" of the poetry, prose, and plays of eighteenth and nineteenth century British writers and their works...

Gothic architecture in Europe and Great Britain grew out the Crusades. The rounded arches in churches soon evolved to the strong arch and Gothic style was born.

The ABCs of poetry, prose, and plays of influential eighteenth and nineteenth century writers and their works...

Mary Shelly never knew her mother as she died soon after giving birth to her. Mary Shelly did inherit her mother's literal talents, if not her father's political beliefs

Gothic and romantic suspense novels by British authors Victoria Holt, Dorothy Eden, and Mary Stewart were in the height of their popularity in the 1960s and 1970s.

The first in a series of articles discussing aspects of Charlotte Bronte's most famous novel.

Considering a Halloween wedding? Wedding themes from jack-o-lantern pumpkins to vampires and from gloomy gothic halls to halloween masks are perfect for late autumn.

Walpole's gothic novel takes lessons from Shakespeare's tragedy.

Hip Hop has always had a darker side and many are quick to write it off as completely negative, but is that interpretation of the genre's darker lyrics at all justified?

Three of Jane Austen's novels were published only after she died.

Long before radar, sonar or GPS, lighthouses provided direction and safety for mariners. Today five historic Northwest Florida towers are also great Florida attractions.

Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen's first novel, believed to have been written either in her late teens or early 20s, looks at social mores in English society

Du Maurier is respected as 'one of ours' by the literary establishment. Yet scrutiny shows that strip away the fine writing, and hers are merely gothic novels writ large.

A discussion of the three main locations used by Bronte in Wuthering Heights, including key events, characters and imagery.

Bridget Jones' started it all, and the best chick lit still comes from the UK: humorous, self-depreciating, sexy and surprisingly true-to-life.

Vampires are a screen classic but have recently made a come back. There are many basic vampire effects which are easy to create to enhance a film or party make-up.

Fear is present in every human's life, to some degree or another, and Jane Austen was skilled at getting to the heart of those fears in her precise character sketches.

From the 18th century to the present day, Gothic fiction has fascinated and terrified. This introduction explains the origins of the genre and its popular conventions.

Though H. H. Holmes was undoubtedly a convicted killer, the more lurid crimes attributed to him may have been media hype.

Authorial intrusion is a literary device where the author inserts his own thoughts and opinions into the story.

'Florida Today' recently published an article highlighting a school ban on Goth fashion statements. Why? Are teen cults headed in an unhealthy supernatural direction?

From Bram Stoker's Dracula to Anne Rice's Lestat, the vampire is an old-world charmer who acts as both hero and anit-hero in contemporary fiction

Are you a teacher on the brink of walking away from your classroom? Sadly, most new teachers quit within the first five years of teaching.

Well-made films about haunted houses, ghosts, and obsessive stalkers terrify no matter when they came out. Films that are 40 or even 50 or more years old still frighten.