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  2. Dark triad - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the triad. The dark triad is a psychological theory of personality, first published by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, [1] that describes three notably offensive, but non-pathological personality types: Machiavellianism, sub-clinical narcissism, and sub-clinical psychopathy.

  3. Dark Romanticism - Wikipedia

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    Since it allowed for the study of gloomy ideas, writing, and topics, Dark Romanticism had a huge effect on American literature. Dark Romanticism began as a response to the Transcendental movement of the mid-nineteenth century. This was a mental shift in thinking from rigid religious Puritan thought to a dark, immoral point of view. People were ...

  4. Machiavellianism (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Machiavellianism is one of the traits in the dark triad model, along with psychopathy and narcissism. In the field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism (sometimes abbreviated as MACH) is the name of a personality trait construct characterized by interpersonal manipulation, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a calculated focus on self-interest.

  5. Grimdark - Wikipedia

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    In the view of Jared Shurin, grimdark fantasy has three key components: a grim and dark tone, a sense of realism (for example, monarchs are useless and heroes are flawed), and the agency of the protagonists: whereas in high fantasy everything is predestined and the tension revolves around how the heroes defeat the Dark Lord, grimdark is ...

  6. List of fictional antiheroes - Wikipedia

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    The Dark Tower series: Stephen King: 1978–2012 [51] Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Red Dragon: Thomas Harris: 1981 [9] Roland Deschain: The Dark Tower series: Stephen King: 1982–2012 [9] Francis “Frank” Cauldhame The Wasp Factory: Iain Banks: 1984 [14] Dr. Hannibal Lecter: The Silence of the Lambs: Thomas Harris: 1988 [9] Geralt of Rivia: The ...

  7. It was a dark and stormy night - Wikipedia

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    A dark and stormy night in Glacier National Park, Montana "It was a dark and stormy night" is an often-mocked and parodied phrase considered to represent "the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style of fiction writing", [1] also known as purple prose.

  8. American Gothic fiction - Wikipedia

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    There is often a heavy emphasis on race and class relations, while the rural environment provides an effective substitute for traditional Old World Gothic settings; for example, plantation estates fill the role of European castles. Some writers of Southern Gothic include William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty.

  9. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works. These terms are helpful for curricula or anthologies. [1]