Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey pokes fun at Gothic romances.ĭuring the 1960s Gothic romances became enormously popular. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole was the forerunner of the genre, which also included the works of Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis and Mary Shelley. They were usually set against dark backgrounds of medieval ruins, mysterious manor houses and haunted castles. Gothic romances were mysteries, often involving the supernatural and heavily tinged with horror. The first Gothic’s were written in the late 18th and early 19th century in England. I’m so excited about the topic she has chosen – Gothic Romance. Today Jane Godman has taken over my blog.
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