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  What are the main elements that make a novel gothic? 

  Posted by merc on Jun 21, 2009 at 02:30 AM

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  I need infromation on the politics, ideas, and events that were behind/contributed to gothic fiction in the 18th and 19th centuries.

  Posted by llb11 on Mar 16, 2009 at 05:50 AM

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  I need to write a  research report on the Gothic Literary Movement. Are there any helpful  websites or books?

  Posted by llb11 on Mar 14, 2009 at 05:53 PM

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  What is Gothic Literature?

  Posted by hii on Feb 18, 2009 at 04:23 PM

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  How does the Gothic deal with "crossings" and "deviations"?

  Posted by erabene3 on Jul 4, 2008 at 10:04 PM

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  What is the nature of the deep fears and longings symbolized by gothic fiction?

  Posted by erabene3 on Jul 3, 2008 at 09:43 PM

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  Why does the Gothic lend itself to psychoanalytical readings in terms of the “uncanny” and the “abject”?  

  Posted by erabene3 on Jul 2, 2008 at 09:42 PM

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  Why is exaggeration of its own fictionality, i.e. the hyperbolic unreality, even surreality, essential to the gothic's function?

  Posted by erabene3 on Jul 1, 2008 at 09:40 PM

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  What are examples of exposition in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

  Posted by vernjanfisher on Jul 31, 2007 at 01:34 PM