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..
comments. 1  The president of the Czech Republic has claimed it is 'practically impossible' for Muslims to integrate into modern Europe. 2  Speaking on local TV, President Milos Zeman also blamed the New Years Eve sex attacks in Cologne, Germany, on 'Muslim culture'.