using passages from "The Colour Out of Space" as particularly poor examples. There are also several examples of King’s referring to Lovecraftian characters in his work‚ such as Nyarlathotep and Yog-Sothoth. King acknowledges the influence of Bram Stoker‚ particularly on his novel Salem’s Lot‚ which he envisioned as a retelling of Dracula.[69] Its related short story "Jerusalem’s Lot" is reminiscent of Stoker’s The Lair of the White Worm.[citation needed] He also gives Joseph Payne Brennan credit
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Literary Masterpieces Adrienne Johnson University of Phoenix December 09‚ 2013 A literary masterpiece is a piece of work that can withstand the test of time. What this means is that a particular piece of literary work can still be able to provoke a person’s thoughts and capture the interest of the readers all throughout the years that have passed‚ despite everything that goes on in the world around us and all of the current events that have and will take place
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The Cleveland Way is a wonderful long-distance footpath‚ which passes through the ever-changing landscape of the beautiful North York Moors National Park. Although it may not be the longest of our National Trails‚ the Cleveland Way probably affords the most variety. Its spectacular scenery ranges from sylvan valleys and wild heather-clad moorland to dramatic coastal cliffs with sheltered bays and old fishing villages. One of the principal architects of the Cleveland Way was Alec Falconer‚ a founder
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Inspiring the famous novels and movies we know today‚ the Gothic first occurred during the Romantic Period in the early eighteenth century. Before making its appearance in literature‚ the style was shown through different English architectures‚ by the work of visionaries such as Horace Walpole. After purchasing Strawberry Hill in 1740‚ Walpole began remodeling the estate into what he described as “Gothick” manner. Adding towers‚ battlements‚ arched doors and windows‚ the mansion quickly became influential
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fiction and nonfiction. That was until I read my first gothic short story. The power the writers use to describe every detail and how dark they wrote is very fascinating to me. When I read Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Bram Stokers’ “Dracula” I fell in love. These books are both famous and are for a good reason. In these books they both have death‚ ruined castles or manors‚ and a death like state. In Gothic literature death is a very common theme. I think this is because
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Philippine and World Events in the years 1800-1861 Significant Events of the 19th Century The collapse of the Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ Chinese‚ Holy Roman and Mughal empires. Liberalism became the preeminent reform movement in Europe. The 19th century was an era of invention and discovery‚ with significant developments in technological advances of the 20th century. The Industrial Revolution began in Europe. The Victorian era was notorious for the employment of young children in
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evil and dealing with the supernatural in some sort of way. The episodic novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker in 1897 and the movie Blade by Stephen Norrington created in 1998 bring to the fore many conventions relating to the Gothic Horror genre despite their vastly different contexts. Gothic elements of imprisonment‚ eccentricity and death are clearly represented through each of the texts. Stoker and Norrington present these conventions through a variety of literary and film techniques‚ paying
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heritage of the past in the headlong rush to progress. For a similar purpose Hardy uses an alternate rhyme scheme with a slightly disjointed rhythm; ‘among’ and ‘evensong’‚ to recreate a sense of uncertainty also found in the work of H.G Wells and Bram Stoker. Hardy uses alliteration in ‘Century’s corpse’ as a symbol of the winter landscape and the end of the century. The landscape is in mourning; ‘the wind his death-lament’‚ ‘the ancient pulse of germ and birth was shrunken hard and dry’ and ‘his crypt
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and Saunders. He’s won several awards over the years: 2004‚ Rondo Statuette‚ Shaun of the Dead - Best Movie 2004‚ British Independent Film Award‚ Shaun of the dead - Best Screenplay 2005‚ Chainsaw Award‚ Shaun of the Dead - Best Screenplay 2005‚ Bram Stoker Award‚ Shaun of the Dead - Screenplay 2011‚ SFX Award‚ Scott Pilgrim VS The World - Best Movie 2011‚ Empire Award‚ Scott Pilgrim VS The World - Best Direction 2011‚ Inspiration Award 2013‚ UFCA Award‚ The World’s End - Best Writing‚ Screenplay‚
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In Dracula written by Bram Stoker there is a constant battle between reason using superstition and rationality. Jonathan and Seward are both British men and subsequently express a more rational mindset. As the text continues and Dracula plays a larger role‚ the characters are forced to use a superstition to describe his role. By the end of the text‚ Jonathan and Seward use spiritual reasoning to defeat Dracula. Yet these characters use spiritual reasoning‚ scientific reason becomes the successor
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