Question

!!!!Please help!!!!! 15 points!!! "Create a timeline of the major publications in Gothic literature since the inception of this genre. You may want to begin with the publication of The Castle of Otranto in 1764 and end with the publication of Dracula in 1897. Include at least 10 major works in your timeline. Also, make a note of any major historical events that occurred when the books you list were published and consider their possible significance on the content of the literary works at the time."

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Answer: Ann Radcliffe helps to define what makes a Gothic novel and enjoys massive commercial success.

In her best-known novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Radcliffe introduces ‘the explained supernatural’, a technique by which terrifying, apparently supernatural incidents have a logical explanation. Over the course of her previous novels, Radcliffe developed the formula of ‘the female Gothic’, first introduced in The Recess by Sophia Lee. The formula is perfected in Udolpho, and has since become a Gothic norm

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