THE GOTHIC NOVEL

Who invented de GN?
Horace Walpole

What was the first GN?
The Castle of Otranto

When was the first published?
In 1764

Which basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list?
1. Setting in a castle.
2. An ancient prophecy  is connected with the castle or its inhabitants.
3. Omens, portents, visions.
4.Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events.
5. High, even overwrought emotion.
6. Women in distress.
7. Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male.

8. The metonymy of gloom and horror.