Philosophy
Horace Walpole
Everyone is familiar with Bram Stoker's Dracula and the notorious vampire but there is another tale of vampires and a top Gothic novel--Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto of whom some even consider it to be the first Gothic novel.
The Castle of Otranto [book]
The Castle of Otranto [audio book]
And there are two other individuals that must be mentioned: Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the works of Edgar Allen Poe. Check the Internet Archives for written texts and audio offerings. Even Project Gutenberg is a good source for the same.
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Philosophy
Gothic horror from Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole 1717-1797
Everyone is familiar with Bram Stoker's Dracula and the notorious vampire but there is another tale of vampires and a top Gothic novel--Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto of whom some even consider it to be the first Gothic novel.
The Castle of Otranto [book]
The Castle of Otranto [audio book]
And there are two other individuals that must be mentioned: Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the works of Edgar Allen Poe. Check the Internet Archives for written texts and audio offerings. Even Project Gutenberg is a good source for the same.
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One of my favorite Moxy Fruvous lyrics includes the phase "palatial palace." It came back to me as I was helping the short people build a sand castle last week and we had a rousing discussion of what makes a castle. So, I figured I'd bring everyone...
- Why Do We Enjoy Being Scared?
Today is Edgar Allen Poe's birthday. While there have been gruesome and scary tales going back to the ancients, Macabre or Gothic literature emerged as a genre unto itself with Poe and H.P. Lovecraft's writing in the 19th century. These were works...
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