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Interplay between Fantasy and Reality in The Gothic
The Gothic - Interplay between Realism and Fantasy
The purpose of the imagination, I believe, is to offer us solace and shelter from situations and life passages which would otherwise prove unendurable. The imagination which so often kept me awake and in terror as a child has seen me through some terrible bouts of stark raving reality as an adult.
( Stephen King Nightmares and Dreamscapes : 8 )
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…ch like the gothic castle, a gothic novel will try to imprison and command us and lead us down those passages where we know we shouldn't really go.
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