THE GOTHIC NOVEL

The gothic novel was invented for Horace Walpole. The first gothic novel, was The Castle of Otranto which was published in 1764.
The basic elements that we didn't put in the list but that they're in the gothic novel are: that the story is settled in a castle, an ancient prophecy, omens (auguris), portents (presagis), and visions. An overwrought emotion, a women in distress or a women who is maltreaten by a man.

Horace Walpole
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