The late 18th century - the dawn of the industrial revolution.
This episode was intriguing as when thinking about Gothic horror I wouldn't have thought about the city. To me Gothic horror is just a word that means something supernatural or sinister. It's interesting to see all the different aspects of Gothic horror and to see what was impacted by it. However this show is quite hard to get into as Andrew the presenter is very enthusiastic about it which makes it hard to concentrate on specific points he has made as he goes quite fast. Despite this it is still a very informative episode of which somethings I already knew from studying history. Someone he talked about that stood out to me was Mary Shelly who grew up surrounded by visionary idealists who dreamed of creating a better world however she was not one of them. Her mother was Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin a pioneering feminist who died giving birth to Mary. Her father was William Godwin a free thinker an anarchist who gave Mary an extraordinary education introducing her to scientists, philosophers and writers. The first edition of Frankenstein was published, Anonymously in 1818, when Mary Shelly was only 20 years old. Andrew discussed how a lot of authors were ashamed of publishing a Gothic Horror books and would wish they could disappear after publishing it as it would show a sinister side to them. This episode was quite interesting as it was based more around important people and writers in the late 18th century and I found it intriguing finding out things about their lives which could have impacted their writing or how writing a gothic horror book impacted their life afterwards.
This episode was intriguing as when thinking about Gothic horror I wouldn't have thought about the city. To me Gothic horror is just a word that means something supernatural or sinister. It's interesting to see all the different aspects of Gothic horror and to see what was impacted by it. However this show is quite hard to get into as Andrew the presenter is very enthusiastic about it which makes it hard to concentrate on specific points he has made as he goes quite fast. Despite this it is still a very informative episode of which somethings I already knew from studying history. Someone he talked about that stood out to me was Mary Shelly who grew up surrounded by visionary idealists who dreamed of creating a better world however she was not one of them. Her mother was Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin a pioneering feminist who died giving birth to Mary. Her father was William Godwin a free thinker an anarchist who gave Mary an extraordinary education introducing her to scientists, philosophers and writers. The first edition of Frankenstein was published, Anonymously in 1818, when Mary Shelly was only 20 years old. Andrew discussed how a lot of authors were ashamed of publishing a Gothic Horror books and would wish they could disappear after publishing it as it would show a sinister side to them. This episode was quite interesting as it was based more around important people and writers in the late 18th century and I found it intriguing finding out things about their lives which could have impacted their writing or how writing a gothic horror book impacted their life afterwards.
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