The Sublime in the English Gothic Novel: Horace Walpole ́s The Castle of Otranto - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sublime in the English Gothic Novel: Horace Walpole ́s The Castle of Otranto write by Carolin Kollwitz. This book was released on 2003-04-27. The Sublime in the English Gothic Novel: Horace Walpole ́s The Castle of Otranto available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0 (B), Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institute for Anglistics/ American Studies), course: HS Novels of the Romatic Period, language: English, abstract: In this paper I will examine the Gothic sublime by using the example of Horace Walpole ́s novel The Castle of Otranto. I want to examine the features of the Gothic sublime: what was new and different about it? how is this reflected in the novel?; in order to prove the importance of Walpole ́s work. It marks, in a certain aspect, a turning point in literature, since it is regarded the first Gothic novel. I will argue that the horror as developed in The Castle of Otranto is not simply based upon the appearance of ghosts and supernatural events, but rather a subtle kind of horror. Firstly, an introduction into the Gothic novel in general, its characteristic features, and the examination of the cultural background of English Gothic fiction shall give a brief overview over the topic. Secondly, I will examine the means by which Walpole evokes fear in the reader, and the effects they had.
The Darkness of Castle Otranto
The Darkness of Castle Otranto - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Darkness of Castle Otranto write by Horace Walpole. This book was released on 2023-11-10. The Darkness of Castle Otranto available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Castle of Otranto" tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. On the wedding-day of his sickly son Conrad and princess Isabella, Conrad is crushed to death by a gigantic helmet that falls on him from above. This inexplicable event is particularly ominous in light of an ancient prophecy. Manfred, terrified that Conrad's death signals the beginning of the end for his line, resolves to avert destruction by marrying Isabella himself while divorcing his current wife Hippolita, whom he feels has failed to bear him a proper heir. "The Old English Baron" is the literary offspring of The Castle of Otranto. The story follows the adventures of Sir Philip Harclay, who returns to medieval England to find that Arthur Lord Lovel, the friend of his youth, is dead. His cousin Walter Lord Lovel had succeeded to the estate, and sold the family castle to the baron, Fitz-Owen. Among the baron's household were his two sons and daughter Emma, several young gentlemen relations being educated with the sons, and Edmund Twyford, the son of a peasant, who had been brought to live with them. When Sir Philip saw him, he took an immediate liking to him, being struck by his resemblance to his lost friend. The Knight proposing to take him into his own family, being childless, Edmund preferred to remain with the baron, receiving however an assurance that if ever he was in need of it, Sir Philip would renew his offer.
The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother
The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother write by Horace Walpole. This book was released on 2003-01-02. The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This Broadview edition pairs the first Gothic novel with the first Gothic drama, both by Horace Walpole. Published on Christmas Eve, 1764, on Walpole’s private press at Strawberry Hill, his Gothicized country house, The Castle of Otranto became an instant and immediate classic of the Gothic genre as well as the prototype for Gothic fiction for the next two hundred years. Walpole’s brooding and intense drama, The Mysterious Mother, focuses on the protagonist’s angst over an act of incest with his mother, and includes the appearance of Father Benedict, Gothic literature’s first evil monk. Appendices in this edition include selections from Walpole’s letters, contemporary responses, and writings illustrating the aesthetic and intellectual climate of the period. Also included is Sir Walter Scott’s introduction to the 1811 edition of The Castle of Otranto.
The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy
The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy write by Horace Walpole. This book was released on 1791. The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Castle of Otranto write by Horace Walpole. This book was released on 2017-04-10. The Castle of Otranto available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th and early 19th century, with authors such as Charles Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and Daphne du Maurier
