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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
Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to the Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages , which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.
Gothic fiction comprises Gothic novels, short stories and short-story collections. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
From classics by Jane Eyre and Shirley Jackson to more modern entries in the genre
Grimdark is a subgenre of speculative fiction with a tone, style, or setting that is particularly dystopian, amoral, and violent. The term is inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000 : "In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war."
The Southern Gothic includes stories set in the Southern United States, particularly following the Civil War and set in the economic and cultural decline that engulfed the region. Southern Gothic stories tend to focus on the decaying economic, educational and living standards of the post-Civil War South. There is often a heavy emphasis on race ...
Literary fiction is a term that distinguishes certain fictional works that possess commonly held qualities to readers outside genre fiction. [ citation needed ] Literary fiction is any fiction that attempts to engage with one or more truths or questions, hence relevant to a broad scope of humanity as a form of expression.
Wagner used it to describe his fiction about the Gothic warrior Kane. Since then, "dark fantasy" has sometimes been applied to sword and sorcery and high fantasy fiction that features anti-heroic or morally ambiguous protagonists. [1] Another good example under this definition of dark fantasy is Michael Moorcock's saga of the albino swordsman ...