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In the Harry Potter books, Hogwarts, the Forbidden Forest, the Riddle House, the graveyard, Grimmauld Place, and the labyrinth from the Triwizard Tournament all evoke the feeling of menace and darkness common to Gothic novels. These spaces are dark and creepy in part because they have an element of the unknown. There is a feeling of menace in these spaces; one never knows what could happen. While in Hogwarts, a staircase could suddenly move or you could find yourself in a mysterious and dangerous room. The forbidden forest is dark and dangerous; all kinds of strange creatures live there. Grimmauld Place is gloomy, dirty, and not welcoming or comfortable, especially with Sirius’s mother screaming all the time and Kreacher lurking around the house.
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A gothic novel is a book with a setting or mood so dark, mysterious, or brooding that the setting itself can almost be considered as a character. Common themes in gothic works are elements of the dark side of human nature.
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Both of these books are valuable teaching editions, especially for courses exploring gothic conventions across novelistic genres, and specialist readers will find new insight and fresh source material in both. They contribute substantially to modern readers’ understanding of what in these novels has fascinated, horrified, or charmed previous generations.
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There have now ... been gothic-type novels with disfigured and handicapped heroines, straight male "heroines" (with brooding lady love-objects withholding their favours for mysterious reasons), middle-aged heroines, and other well-intentioned efforts at pluralism. Like mystery and detective fiction, the gothic has become an equal-opportunity employer, but a recent American manifestation, a "No-Frills Book", guarantees for its Romance ("complete with everything") only that it has a "man, woman, large house, one walk, a kiss and an event near the sea".
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