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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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