unseen gothic

Question 1

dracula

Answer 1

1897
written by bram stoker
image of vampire
foreign settings
themes of death and mortality
female damsel in distress

Question 2

the picture of dorian gray

Answer 2

1890
written by oscar wilde
hedonism and focus on yielding desires in terms of youth
faustian pact with the devil
supernatural

Question 3

carmilla

Answer 3

1872
written by joseph sheridan le fanu
involves vampires
female gothic
female sexuality is questioned
shapreshifting and supernatural

Question 4

vathek

Answer 4

1782
written by william beckford
has a view on orientalism
image on youth
knowledge is viewed as a weapon

Question 5

castle of otranto

Answer 5

1764: first gothic novel
written by horace walpole
set in gothic castle
many of the furntiture is gothic e.g hidder staircases
image of terror

Question 6

frankstein

Answer 6

1818
written by mary shelley
focus on physiognomy
supernatural and the abnormal
mystery and secrecy
duplictious, deceit

Question 7

rebecca

Answer 7

1938
written by daphne du maurier
atmospehre of mystery and terror
supernatural
violence
female gothic
good vs evil

Question 8

the mysteries of udolpho

Answer 8

1794
written by anne radcliffe
explores psychological terror
entrapment
theme of mystery
mortality and theme of death

Question 9

the monk

Answer 9

1796
written by matthew lewis
heightened sexual gothic
temptations and yielded desires explored: hedonism
supernatural and superstitutions
morality vs evil

Question 10

wuthering heights

Answer 10

1847
written by emily bronte
combined narrative of romance and horror
supernatural
gothic settings of decay
duality and mystery

Question 11

the fall of the house of usher

Answer 11

1839
written by edgar allan poe
theme of heredity and illness
mortality and death
supernatural
appearance vs reality

Question 12

melmouth the wanderer

Answer 12

1820
written by charles maturin
exploring temptations
supernatural
psychological horror
faustian pact: pact with the devil

Question 13

northanger abbey

Answer 13

1817
written by jane austen
satirical view on gothic literature
appereance vs reality
humourous, parodical tone

Question 14

the woman in black

Answer 14

1983
written by susan hill
set in edwardian era
isolated setting
theme of mystery
supernatural
gothic settings/ architecture

Question 15

the italian

Answer 15

1797
written by ann radcliffe
atmosphere of mystery and darkness
female gothic
themes of love and devotion
gothic setting
theme of religion

Question 16

jekyll and hyde

Answer 16

1886
written by louis stevenson
appearance vs reality
duality and theme of betrayal
unsettling and gothic atmosphere
supernatural
theme of decay

Question 17

the vampyre

Answer 17

1819
written by william polidori
theme of msytery and fear
supernatural
good vs evil dichotomy
gothic setting
mortality and theme of death

Question 18

the yellow wallpaper

Answer 18

1892
written by charlotte perkins gilman
isolated settings
female gothic
heredity and illness
madness
psychological horror

Question 19

outer dark

Answer 19

1968
written by cormac mccarthy
unsettling gothic atmosphere
theme of religion
explores the inner, dark pscyhe

Question 20

light in august

Answer 20

1932
written by william faulkner
theme of decay and violence
mysterious and horror
horror and terror: ann radcliffe
foreign: set in southern america

Question 21

the woman in black

Answer 21

1983
written by susan hill
settings of isolation
psychological and social horror
damsel in distress trope
female gothic
image of a ghost

Question 22

the bloody chamber

Answer 22

1979
written by angela carter
isolated settings
psychological horror and distress
supernatural
themes of death and morality
gothic castle settings