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www-bbc-co-uk-4288		The Castle of Otranto: The creepy tale that launched gothic fiction - BBC News			.html	text/html	1918	167	70	The Castle of Otranto: The creepy tale that launched gothic fiction BBC News In fact, the roots of the genre can be traced back to the publication of Horace Walpole's 18th Century novel The Castle of Otranto a work whose aesthetics have shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art and music as well as the goth subculture. In her preface, Reeves admits: "This Story is the literary offspring of The Castle of Otranto, written upon the same plan, with a design to unite the most attractive and interesting circumstances of the ancient Romance and modern Novel." In his novel, Walpole sought to blend together what was termed "new" and "old" romance. The exotic aspect of gothic literature that Walpole first introduced in The Castle of Otranto influenced the gothic subculture. Visit Strawberry Hill Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle	./cache/www-bbc-co-uk-4288.html	./txt/www-bbc-co-uk-4288.txt