Elements of the Gothic Novel. The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole, whose The Castle of Otranto (1764) contains essentially all the elements that constitute the genre.lements of the Gothic Novel. The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole, whose The Castle of Otranto (1764) contains essentially all the elements that constitute the genre.
Last Updated Dec 8, 2015 2:41 PM EST. Less than 24 hours after President Obama went on national television to urge Americans to reject a war between America and Islam, Donald Trump took a step in the opposite direction and called for the total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States..
President Barack Obama has rejected George W. Bush's doctrine that placed the war on terror at the centre of American foreign policy,Barack Obama Photo: REUTERS.n the 52-page document, drawn up after 16 months of deliberations, Mr Obama outlines a much broader set of priorities and methods than Mr Bush's tightly-focused determination to eradicate Islamism by any means possible and alone if necessary.