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Subject: Horace Walpole Category: People |
Horace Walpole author of "The Castle of Otranto" the first English gothic novel ever written. The Castle of Otranto Introduces nearly all the elements of the Gothic literary genre, and has influenced writers ever sense it's first printing in 1764. Horace Walpole's book is only one of his contributions in the revival of the Gothic arts, His home at strawberry Hill, which He turned into a castle in the English gothic style, inspired new interest in gothic architecture. Prier to Horace Walpole's influence the word Gothic did not conjure the dark romantic image as it does today, instead it referred to a rude, barbaric, lack of taste.
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Contributed by: Paul Thompson Date Added: 03-Dec-2000 Last Modified: 03-Dec-2004 |
