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Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror or Gothic romanticism) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror fiction and romanticism Contents: Top
The first Russian author whose work has been described as gothic fiction is considered to be Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin. While many of his works feature gothic elements, the first to belong purely under the gothic fiction label is Ostrov Borngolm (Island of Bornholm) from 1793. [81]
American gothic fiction is a subgenre of gothic fiction. Elements specific to American Gothic include: rationality versus the irrational , puritanism , guilt , the uncanny ( das unheimliche ), ab-humans , ghosts , and monsters .
Here, 20 the best gothic books to read this fall: The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story. The Castle of Otranto is considered the first supernatural English novel and also the first gothic novel ...
Gothic fiction comprises Gothic novels, short stories and short-story collections. Subcategories. ... Gothic fiction; List of gothic fiction works * Frederick S. Frank;
The eighteenth-century Gothic novel is a genre of Gothic fiction published between 1764 and roughly 1820, which had the greatest period of popularity in the 1790s. These works originated the term "Gothic" to refer to stories which evoked the sentimental and supernatural qualities of medieval romance with the new genre of the novel.
This category is for Gothic novels and works clearly related to the historical genre. For horror fiction generally, see Category:Horror novels. Subcategories.
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