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 The Castle of Otranto eBook
33,552 words, approx. 112 pages
 The complete online text of The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford. 
 
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 Biography of Horace Walpole
8565 words, approx. 28.6 pages
 Horace Walpole was a significant figure in literary history, but his reputation would stand even higher if he had excelled in what today are regarded as the "major" genres. He wrote a pioneering book which initiated the Gothic novel; he produced a high-f... summary from source:
Biography of Horace Walpole
6927 words, approx. 23.1 pages
Horace Walpole is known to literary scholars as the founder of a significant literary genre, the gothic novel, which he initiated with the publication of The Castle of Otranto, A Story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. From the Original Italian of On... summary from source:
Biography of Horace Walpole
6014 words, approx. 20 pages
Horace Walpole's literary productions reflect an extraordinary range of talents and interests: author of the first and most influential Gothic novel in English and of the first example of Gothic drama, he was also a poet, an indefatigable letter writer,...
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 The Castle of Otranto Information
4,854 words, approx. 16 pages
The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Thus, Castle, and Walpole by...
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 Gothic Studies The Castle of Otranto
05/01/2005: 1,302 words, approx. 4 pages The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, edited by Michael Gamer (New York: Penguin, 2001). The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother, by Horace Walpole, edited by Frederick S. Frank (Peterborough, ONT: Broadview, 2003). As Michael Gamer mentions at the opening... summary from source:
Gothic Studies The Castle of Otranto/The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother
05/01/2005: 1,307 words, approx. 4 pages The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, edited by Michael Gamer (New York: Penguin, 2001). The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother, by Horace Walpole, edited by Frederick S. Frank (Peterborough, ONT: Broadview, 2003). As Michael Gamer mentions at the opening...
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 Critical Essay by Devendra P. Varma
13,349 words, approx. 45 pages
In the following excerpt from The Gothic Flame (1957), Varma conjectures about the impetuses to Walpole's composing The Castle of Otranto and discusses its strong and lasting influence on the Gothic and other genres.
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Critical Essay by Karl J. Holzknecht
6,495 words, approx. 22 pages
In this essay, Holzknecht reevaluates Walpole's importance to the historical development of drama by examining the romantic elements of The Castle of Otranto alongside the unacted drama The Mysterious Mother.
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Critical Essay by Ian P. Watt
6,277 words, approx. 21 pages
In this essay, Watt contends that the elements of the "imaginative matrices" of The Castle of Otranto that particularly structure the Gothic tradition are Walpole's treatment of time and the family.
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