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Horror and Gothic
genre
Short stories; featuring EdgarAllan Poe
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Historical Background
*asic elements o! the genre introduced +y
#orace $alole
&rans!ormation and in!luence o! the genre
nsired su+genres li-e suernatural, ghost,
horror !iction and vamire stories
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Classic Elements of the Horror
Genre
&here is a struggle in a !ight +etween good andevil
&he setting usually ta-es lace where the victimmight +e vulnera+le
nvolves the use o! sound, oint o! views and
visual e!!ects to create the !eeling o! terror
$hat is causing the damage is most li-ely to +e a
suernatural +eing, li-e vamires, monsters, etc
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Stories and Authors Examples
mily *ront/o nglish novelist and oet.o *est remem+ered !or her solitary novel,
0$uthering #eights0.o &his novel was so +rilliant that is now considered as
a classic o! nglish iterature.
'harles *roc-den *rowno 2merican novelist, historian, and editor.o 0$ieland0 is the !irst% and most !amous% 2merican
Gothic novel.
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Stories and Authors Examples
2nn 3adcli!!eo nglish author and a ioneer o! the Gothic novel.o #er !irst novel was 0&he 'astles o! 2thlin
and um+ayne0.o &he Gothic elements is o+vious through her use o!
the suernatural.
$illiam *ec-!ordo 5nown as +oth the richest and most eccentric mano! his time.
o #is assion to Gothic iterature led him directly to
his comosition o! 0athe-0 in 176.
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Edgar Allan Poe - Short Bio
Married his 18 year old cousin when he was
96 years old
#is un-nown death has +een variously
attri+uted to alcohol, drugs, suicide, and
other agents
2merican ractitioner o! the shortstory. 'onsidered the inventor o!
detective !iction and contri+uting to
the emerging genre o! science
!iction.
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Edgar Allan Poe - Short Bio
esite all this, his wor- has a large
in!luence on literature in the nited ;tates
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Short Story: he !acts in the Case of
"# $aldemar %y: Edgar Allan Poe
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&hat a typical gothic film looks like
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