In what century and in what literary era was the first Gothic novel written ?

Correct answer: B. 18th century; Enlightenment

A. 17th century; Enlightenment
B. 18th century; Enlightenment
C. 18th century; Romanticism
D. 19th century; Romanticism

Explanation

The first Gothic novel, Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, appeared in 1764. This places its origin in the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, although Gothic writing later became strongly associated with Romanticism.

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