[Questionnaire] The Gothic Novel

"Seven devils all around me!
Seven devils in my house!
See they were there when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done
Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done"

"Seven Devils" - Florence + The Machine

 

For the task of today, we had to look for information about the Gothic Novel in a webpage (here) and answer some questions. The Gothic Novel was quite a really dark and interesting kind of story (just as dark and interesting as modern goths are). So here are the questions:

1→ Who invented the Gothic Novel?
Horace Walpole.

2→ What was the first Gothic Novel?
The Castle of Otranto.

3→ When was it first published?
In the year 1764.

4→ Which basic elements of horror didn't you include in your list? 
To be sincere, pretty much every single one of them: setting in a castle; an atmosphere of mystery and suspense; an ancient prophecy; omens, portents, visions; high, or even overwrought emotion; women in distress; women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male; the metonymy of gloom and horror and the vocabulary of the gothic.