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Gothic Novels and Romantic Love

Gothic Novels and Romantic Love. Gothic Novels. Tales of the macabre Elements of horror and sensationalism Simple structure Character Setting Conclusion. Horace Walpole . The Castle of Otranto (1767) Manfred – villain Matilda – heroine Conrad - hero. Women Readers - critics.

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Gothic Novels and Romantic Love

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  1. Gothic Novels and Romantic Love

  2. Gothic Novels • Tales of the macabre • Elements of horror and sensationalism • Simple structure • Character • Setting • Conclusion

  3. Horace Walpole • The Castle of Otranto (1767) • Manfred – villain • Matilda – heroine • Conrad - hero

  4. Women Readers - critics

  5. Ann Radcliffe • 1764-1823 • Word painting • The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)

  6. Mary Shelly • 1797-1851 • Biography • Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818) • Based on a nightmare • Epistolary novel

  7. Frankenstein • Modern Prometheus • State of mind • Questions about maternity • Feels like a monster

  8. Edgar Allen Poe • 1809 – 1849 • Tragic life • Introduced the detective story with The Murders in the Rue Morgue

  9. Romantic love & Romantic stereotypes • Romantic love • Harmony for the soul • Cultural changes • Love sick hero

  10. Sorrows of Young Werther • 1774 • Goethe • Autobiographical • Very influential book

  11. Female Imagery

  12. Female Imagery

  13. Female Voice

  14. Jane Austen • 1775-1815 • First novel at 14 • Novel of manners • Sense and Sensibility, Emma

  15. Bronte Sisters • Charlotte - 1816-55 • Jane Eyre • Emily – 1818-48 • Wuthering Heights • Anne – 1820-49 • Agnes Grey

  16. George Sand • 1804-1876 • Amadine Aurore-Lucile Dupine • Novels question gender destinies and sexual identity • Prolific writer • Lelia (1833)

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