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Conventions of Gothic Literature

Conventions of Gothic Literature. Horace Walpole to Supernatural. The Sublime.

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Conventions of Gothic Literature

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  1. Conventions of Gothic Literature Horace Walpole to Supernatural

  2. The Sublime • "The passion caused by the great and sublime in nature . . . is Astonishment; and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror. In this case the mind is so entirely filled with its object, that it cannot entertain any other." [Edmund Burke, On the Sublime , 1756 ed. J. T. Bolton. 58]

  3. Ancestral Curse The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde • Evil, misfortune, or harm that comes as a response to or retribution for deeds or misdeeds committed against or by one's ancestor(s).

  4. The Grotesque Amutation of the characters, plants and/or animals. This mutation transforms the normal features and/or behaviors into veritable extremes that are meant to be frightening and/or disturbingly comic (Cornwell 273). • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • The Yellow Wallpaper

  5. Castles/Ruins/Manor homes

  6. Cemeteries/churches

  7. Doppleganger • a double, alter ego, Evil Twin/Good Twin

  8. Found Manuscripts These are any manuscripts or stories that are supposedly found or recovered and presented as complete works such as Washington Irving’s Sleepy Hollow

  9. Supernatural beings God, The Devil,Angels, Demons, Ghosts, Vampires, ect…

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