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Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.
22 Νοε 2022 · Gothic Fiction: Definition, Authors and Books. Originating in eighteenth-century Europe, Gothic fiction explores paranormal and existential themes amid eerie backgrounds.
30 Ιουλ 2024 · Gothic literature is a subgenre of Romantic literature that uses dark and mysterious settings, supernatural elements, and melodramatic devices. Learn about the origins, major writers, and influences of Gothic fiction, from Walpole to Poe to Austen.
Gothic novel | Definition, Elements, Authors, Examples, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica. Gothic novel, European Romantic pseudomedieval fiction having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror. Its heyday was the 1790s, but it underwent frequent revivals in subsequent centuries.
1 Οκτ 2024 · A story of terror and suspense, usually set in a gloomy old castle or monastery (hence ‘Gothic’, a term applied to medieval architecture and thus associated in the 18th century with superstition).
In this volume, fourteen world-class experts on the Gothic provide thorough and revealing accounts of this haunting-to-horrifying type of fiction from the 1760s (the decade of The Castle of Otranto, the first so-called 'Gothic story') to the end of the twentieth century (an era haunted by filmed and computerized Gothic simulations).
