The Immortality of Gothic Literature: the many ways in which the contemporary gothic work changes

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Cook, S.J.
dc.contributor.author	Balk, D.S.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-07-25T17:03:03Z
dc.date.available	2011-07-25
dc.date.available	2011-07-25T17:03:03Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/7604
dc.description.abstract	Over the centuries gothic texts – and later gothic films – have sought to bring terror and shock into the hearts of its audience. Through recognizable mysteries and terrors the gothic novel has branched out into various genres. Even though the term gothic has changed meaning since its very origin, most themes and motives have not. From arguably the first gothic novel The Castle of Otranto written by Horace Walpole in 1765, to modern novels as The Historian written by Elizabeth Kostova in 2005, characters face the same dangerous buildings, landscapes, journeys, boundaries, choices – moral and immoral - and villains.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	The Immortality of Gothic Literature: the many ways in which the contemporary gothic work changes
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	Gothic literature, Austen, Balk, Beckford, Kostova, Lewis, Marsh, Matheson, Radcliffe, Rice, Shelley, Stoker, Walpole, vampires
dc.subject.courseuu	Engelse taal en cultuur