CHANGES OF PERCEPTION IN GOTHIC LITERATURE. AN INQUIRY INTO THE EFFECTS OF READING GOTHIC
CHANGES OF PERCEPTION IN GOTHIC LITERATURE. AN INQUIRY INTO THE EFFECTS OF READING GOTHIC

Summary/Abstract: Starting from the idea of perception as it applies to literature, and taking into account the effect that reading can have over someone, I discuss the way in which perception of Gothic texts and monsters changes from dread and fear in the 18th century Gothic literature to love in today’s postmodern Gothic, as a consequence of the transformations that we have undergone, and that have resulted in radical shifts of mentality and an overt expression of everything that was once hidden, repressed and despairingly desirable, done through the use of words that leave no room for misinterpretation.

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