Gothic Novel

1. Who invented the G.N.?The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole
2. What was the first G.N.?The Castle of Otranto
3. When was it first published?1764
4. Which basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list?

1. Setting in a castle.
2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense.
3. An ancient prophecy
4. Omens, portents, visions.
5. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events.
6. High, even overwrought emotion.
7. Women in distress.
8. Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male.

9. The metonymy of gloom and horror. 

10. The vocabulary of the gothic.