Talk:The Mysteries of Udolpho

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[edit] Austen's use of gothic convention

I will write more when I can, but... Austen's manipulation of gothic convention in Northanger Abbey is more subtle than "mocking" parody. The climax of the novel comes not when Henry disabuses Catherine of the gothic fantasies she constructs around the Tilney family and Northanger Abbey, but when the General his father throws her out of the Abbey, without explanation or apology, into bitter weather to make a potentially hazardous and unprotected journey home alone. This, unbenownst to Catherine, because she no longer fits into his selfish schemes- nothing is more gothic than this. Thus Austen, having had Henry reject the idea that Catherine's appetite for the gothic might in any way prepare her for the world, actually affirms that a degree of imagination and paranoia are useful social attributes, and that novel reading is one good way to acquire them. Richard Shore 16:19, 3 December 2006 (UTC)