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Gothic-

Timeline

for English

1764

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

First Gothic Novel

Supernatural, horror, dark, naive women, evil comedy - melodramatic

1764

1794

The Mysteries of Udolpho: The dawn of femal Gothic

Ann Radcliffe

'Explained Supernatural'

Formula of 'the female Gothic'

Gothic Norm

1794

1796

The Monk: Shocking society

Matthew Lewis

Spoiled priest

Male Gothic

lone male

1796

1816

The Vampyre: Birth of the tale in English

John Polidori

English

Byronic Hero

Melancholy

1816

1816

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus: Raising the dead

Mary Shelley

Spine-tingling

Contemporary Science

1816

1818

Northanger Abbey: Austen plays with Gothic

Jane Austen

Satire

Girl obsessed by Gothic stories

1818

1840

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque: Psychological terror

Edgar Allan Poe

Traditionally frightening Gothic themes

Psychological Terror

1840

1847

Wuthering Heights: Gothic close to home

Emily Bronte

Wild and dangerous Yorkshire moors

Romantic

Female Gothic

Stories told within stories

Supernatural

Tyrannical Villain

1847

1847

Carmilla: The female vampire

Joseph Sheridon Le Fanu

Female Vampire

Second to Dracula in terms of vampires

Lesbianism

1871

1886

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Anticipating Freud

Good and Evil

Characters transcended into real myth

1886

1897

Dracula: The vampire's vampire lands at Whitby

Bram Stoker

Transylvanian

Dracula

Male vampires

1897

1946

Gormenghast trilogy: Stylised Gothic

Mervyn Peake

Trilogy

Stylised

Exaggerated

Inspiring

1946

1975

Salem's Lot: King Gothic

Stephen King

Blockbuster

Vampire Story

Modern Fears

Realistic Settings

1975

1976

Interview with the Vampire: Sensitive blood-suckers

Anne Rice

Anti-hero

Romantic Vampire

1976

1977

The Bloody Chamber: Feminist Gothic

Angela Carter

Feminist

Gothic Retelling of Children Stories

Incest

Violence

Objectification of Women

1977

2000

House of Leaves: 21st Century Gothic

Mark Z Danielwski

Convoluted Footnotes

Passages in Code

Mirror Writing

Musical Notation

Braille

2000

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