"The old mysteries have given way to a new style,"" This quote alone illustrates the changing nature of gothic literature through the centuries. ... Her character exudes many elements of hidden sexuality, which at times she wishes to express, as she states herself in a letter to Mina, "Why can't they let a girl marry three men, or as many as want her - (Stoker, 81) The new styles' of sexuality and desire are expressed significantly more liberally in The Vampire Lestat. ... Elements of homosexuality also lace the novel. ... Unlike much of the early gothic literature, as in Dra...

• Word Count: 2816
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The instability of theology offered Gothic Literature the confidence to query the supremacy of religion in text, for example in The Monk, where there is, according to critic David Stephens '...in effect a conflation of Roman Catholicism and blind superstition.'3 Both here and in the character of Father Jerome in Walpole's archetypical The Castle of Otranto, Gothic authors have presented religious representatives as morally injudicious, their irresolute personas open to corruption and temptation. ... In religious literature, temptation is often seen as the ultimate transgression ...

• Word Count: 4055
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the time period that this novel was written the gothic novel was a main piece of literature that was read. ... Coleridge's opinion of the novel suggests that the elements in the gothic novels were not important to its understanding as a romance novel. ... He must have recognized that the gothic novels were able to capture the reader's attention with the elements that they possess. ... Austen was making a statement about society and the types of literature that was being read. ... Novels were not having the gothic elements and there can reflect the reality of the society. ...

• Word Count: 2803
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

According to Elizabeth MacAndrew, author of The Gothic Tradition in Fiction: Gothic fiction is a literature of nightmare. ... Patriarchal transgressions are an important underline theme on Gothic literature. ...

• Word Count: 2655
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School