Abstract:The inclusion of the concept gothic, which was first used in architecture and gradually started to be used in almost every area of art, in literature took place towards the end of 18th century. The first example of Gothic novel is considered to be English writer and art collector Horace Walpole's (his original name was Horatio Walpole) The Castle of Otranto published in 1764. The most important reason for this evaluation is that the concept gothic has been used for the first time by Walpole in his work The Cas… Show more
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