Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its time. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective.Is a book first published in 1764 and generally regarded as the first Gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word 'Gothic' to the novel in the subtitle: "A Gothic Story". The novel fused medievalism and terror into a style that has endured ever since. The aesthetics of the book have shaped modern Gothic books, movies, art, music, and the Gothic subculture.The novel started a literary genre that would become extremely popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with authors such as Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, William Thomas Beckford, Matthew Lewis, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and George du Maurier
