Important Ideas of Gothic Literature in Lloyd Smith’s “What is American Gothic?”

  1. The background information on how to present(Pg 4-5).

2. Other extreme states in the Gothic include suppressions of past trauma, past guilt, anxieties involving class and gender. (Pg6-7)

3. The American Gothic connects deep with science occultist, and pre-scientific doctrines (Frankenstein)(Pg 6).

4. American Gothic also explores extremes like cruelty, rapacity, fear, passion, and sexual degradation.

5. American Gothic mainly use mysterious scenery for its setting within the stories.

Raymond Osoria