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    Oscar Wilde was an Irish author born in 1845 who wrote masterpieces such as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" during the Victorian period. His story "The Canterville Ghost" tells of an American family that moves into a haunted English castle. They encounter the ghost who is unused to the family's lack of fear of him. The story is an example of Gothic literature, which explores the supernatural and dark aspects of human nature, and was a genre that was popular during Wilde's time.

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    Oscar Wilde was an Irish author born in 1845 who wrote masterpieces such as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" during the Victorian period. His story "The Canterville Ghost" tells of an American family that moves into a haunted English castle. They encounter the ghost who is unused to the family's lack of fear of him. The story is an example of Gothic literature, which explores the supernatural and dark aspects of human nature, and was a genre that was popular during Wilde's time.

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    The Canterville Ghost

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    Oscar Wilde was an Irish author born in 1845 who wrote masterpieces such as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" during the Victorian period. His story "The Canterville Ghost" tells of an American family that moves into a haunted English castle. They encounter the ghost who is unused to the family's lack of fear of him. The story is an example of Gothic literature, which explores the supernatural and dark aspects of human nature, and was a genre that was popular during Wilde's time.

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    “THE CANTERVILLE

    GHOST”
    and gothic literature
    Oscar Wilde
     Born in Ireland in 1845
     Son of intellectuals, promoted art for art’s
    sake
     Promoted revolution, often imprisioned
     Author of masterpieces such “Portrait of
    Dorian Gray”
     Criticized by society
     Popular in life
     Died in 1900, after being baptized
    Victorian period
    (1837-1901)
    - Queen Victoria’s reign
    - Extremes
    - Economic changes: industrial revolution
    - Social changes: middle class vs higher
    clases
    - Political changes: a thriving England, the
    British Empire
    - Scientific revolution
    - Gender and morality
    - Double-standards
    GOTHIC LITERATURE
    - Born from romanticism
    - Exploration of the darkness of the
    human being
    - guilt, madness, passion
    - depiction of dark characters
    - mixture with medieval
    architecture
    - presence of the supernatural
    - edgar allan poe, mary shelley
    The canterville ghost
    An American family moves to a haunted
    castle. They confront the ghost, who
    doesn’t know what to do.

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