The article considers the concept of Supernatural – the most important category for the gothic tradition – and compares interpretations by W. Scott and S. Freud of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s short story «The Sandman».
Keywords
gothic novel; gothic tradition; romanticism; the category of Supernatural; fantastic; mysticism; «The Sandman»; Walter Scott; Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; Sigmund Freud.
