Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Seminar f r Englische Philologie), course: Hauptseminar, language: English, abstract: Today, a Gothic novel is commonly defined as "a story of terror and suspense, usually set in a gloomy old castle or monastery" . This definition is based on the traditional Gothic novel, which was originated by Horace Walpole in...