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Gothic Time Period. By Katelyn Kupperbusch. How did it start?. The writer Horace Walpole wrote the first Gothic Fiction titled The Castle of Otranto. The Castle of Otranto. Other famous authors of this time period. Mathew Lewis ( The Monk , 1796) Anne Radcliffe ( The Italian , 1797) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BY KATELYN KUPPERBUSCH
Gothic Time Period
How did it start?
The writer Horace Walpole wrote the first Gothic Fiction titled The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto
Other famous authors of this time period
1. Mathew Lewis (The Monk, 1796)2. Anne Radcliffe (The Italian, 1797)3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ("Christabel",
1816)4. John Keats ("Eve of St Agnes", 1820)5. John Polidori (The Vampyre, 1819)6. Mary Shelley (Frankenstein,1831)
When did it begin?
This play was written in 1764 and is said to have started the
entire Gothic genre.
What elements make up the Gothic Genre?
1. grotesque elements 2. the mysterious3. the desolate environment4. the horrible5. the supernatural
What was the purpose of this Genre?
1. To expand the creativity depths of the mind2. To make the reader lose himself or herself
in the creativity of the piece
What was the general setting?
1. In the darkness2. During stormy weather
What did Walpole bring to the literature world?
Introduced…1. Monsters, 2. Ghosts 3. Some form of human servant to
Satan
What does the term, “Gothic” mean?
As time passed it came to be known as medieval,
unenlightened, superstitious, ugly and barbaric
Why was this genre so popular?
Stories were filled with purity and reason and became boring to the many readers and attendee’s of the local plays. Therefore, when
the Gothic ideas came into practice, people fell in love with
the extreme emotion.
What was also impacted by this genre?
Architecture
Gothic Architcture
The inevitable decay and collapse of human creation came into play around
this time period. It also created the craze for building fake ruined
churches all over the European country estates.
Horace Walpole’s castle, named Strawberry Hill and is said to have started the craze for the “worn” look to architecture.
What was also impacted by this genre?
Created Ghost Stories
Anne Radcliffe
This Woman introduced the difference between horror and terror
Terror and Horror
Definition of Terror: "expands the soul, and awakens the faculties to a high degree of life.“
Definition of Horror: "contracts, freezes, and nearly annihilates the mind.”
Differences between Walpole and Radcliffe
Walpole started out as a poor author and no one respected any of his pieces. At first, everyone looked at his ideas as crazy and out there… then people fell in love with the change of pace.
Radcliffe started out as a respected author and only grew in her career as she expanded on all of Walpole’s ideas.
What did the people do for fun?
1. took trips to the spa2. puppet shows3. cock fighting4. public executions.
Public Executions
Public executions were a way to express their darker side, and many
believe that their interest in attending these ceremonies originated with the
creation of the Gothic Genre.