Gothic Literature

6. The Gothic tradition was also reflected in ____________: vaulted ceilings, arches, stained glass windows, gargoyles.
7. A mutation of characters, plants, or animals transforming them into a disturbing or frightening version of their original selves.
10. Author of The Most Dangerous Game and well known writer of gothic proportions.
12. Known as Hidden secrets, ancient curses, omens, visions, dreams, ghostly legends or unexplained occurrences, terror, insanity, panic, obsession, revenge, and violence.
13. Poe has been called the father of the modern horror story influencing writers such as ___________ and Anne Rice.
15. This gothic term is represented by haunted castles, ruined buildings which appear sinister or full of secrets, dungeons, underground passages, or crypts (attics and basements), labyrinths, dark corridors, and winding stairs.

1. Saki's short story involving a young girl who fools a nobleman into believing her family has become supernatural beings.
2. An early work from 1818 containing gothic elements.
3. Gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible; of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death.
4. Cement shaped grotesque caricatures of demons.
5. His biography is often distorted because his life was filled with personal tragedy and professional failure; Numerous women whom he loved died, most from tuberculosis.
8. Another early work from 1897 containing characteristics of Gothicism.
9. Gothic spaces underground resembling dark labyrinths that store the dead.
11. Sometimes in gothic literature these are represented by heroes with hidden identities, villains full of passion, envy, or revenge, curious heroines needing rescuing, and ghosts, angels, or other supernatural beings.
14. Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands often produces works considered gothic in nature.