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Gothic. said to begin with Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1764) important tradition of women’s writing (Anne Radcliffe The “seamy side” of the Enlightenment Travers: the supernatural cultivation of ambiance and mood nostalgia for the medieval
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Gothic • said to begin with Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1764) • important tradition of women’s writing (Anne Radcliffe • The “seamy side” of the Enlightenment • Travers: • the supernatural • cultivation of ambiance and mood • nostalgia for the medieval • plot structured around enigma and mystery • sensational violence • most importantly: • exploration of excess and taboo • obsession with otherness • the darker side of human nature