The Gothic Flame: Being a History of the Gothic Novel in England, Its Origins, Efflorescence, Disintegration, and Residuary Influences, Volume 10 |
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... dread , suspense , and gloom broods over his castles and impenetrable forests . Prévost was also the precursor of another Gothic motif : the rebellious assertion of the rights of love against the tyranny of social convention . While ...
... dread , suspense , and gloom broods over his castles and impenetrable forests . Prévost was also the precursor of another Gothic motif : the rebellious assertion of the rights of love against the tyranny of social convention . While ...
Page 130
... dread , a certain superstitious shudder at the other world . Horror resorts to a cruder presentation of the macabre : by an exact portrayal of the physically horrible and revolting , against a far more terrible background of spiritual ...
... dread , a certain superstitious shudder at the other world . Horror resorts to a cruder presentation of the macabre : by an exact portrayal of the physically horrible and revolting , against a far more terrible background of spiritual ...
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... dread to look round , to curdle the blood , and quicken the beatings of the heart , " says Mary Shelley in her introduction , and she adds in her preface to Frankenstein : " Oh ! if I could only contrive one [ story ] which would ...
... dread to look round , to curdle the blood , and quicken the beatings of the heart , " says Mary Shelley in her introduction , and she adds in her preface to Frankenstein : " Oh ! if I could only contrive one [ story ] which would ...
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