gothic tale
C677
concept
A gothic tale is a narrative that blends horror, mystery, and romanticism within dark, often supernatural settings to explore fear, transgression, and the uncanny.
All labels observed (26)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gothic novel | 36 |
| Gothic fiction work | 15 |
| ghost story | 14 |
| fiction genre | 9 |
| Gothic fiction | 6 |
| gothic film | 5 |
| gothic horror novel | 5 |
| Gothic tale | 3 |
| romantic horror film | 3 |
| Gothic horror novel | 2 |
| Gothic melodrama | 2 |
| gothic romance film | 2 |
| subgenre of Gothic fiction | 2 |
| Gothic drama | 1 |
| Gothic fiction subgenre | 1 |
| Gothic horror work | 1 |
| Gothic poem | 1 |
| Gothic romance | 1 |
| Gothic verse drama | 1 |
| Gothic work | 1 |
| castle ghost story | 1 |
| gothic drama film | 1 |
| gothic fantasy film | 1 |
| gothic horror story | 1 |
| gothic tale canonical | 1 |
| gothic thriller novel | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: gothic tale
Generated description
A gothic tale is a narrative that blends horror, mystery, and romanticism within dark, often supernatural settings to explore fear, transgression, and the uncanny.
Instances (111)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| The Pit and the Pendulum | Gothic fiction work |
| The Black Cat | Gothic fiction work |
| The Cask of Amontillado | Gothic fiction work |
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"Notre-Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)
surface form:
Notre-Dame de Paris
|
Gothic novel |
| The Haunted House | Gothic tale |
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The Maze by Maurice Sandoz
surface form:
The Maze
|
Gothic horror work |
| The House of the Seven Gables | Gothic novel |
| The Shape of Night | gothic thriller novel |
| The Abbot’s Ghost; or, Maurice Treherne’s Temptation | Gothic fiction work |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film) | gothic film |
| A Sicilian Romance | Gothic novel |
| The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne | Gothic novel |
| Gaston de Blondeville | Gothic novel |
| Female Gothic | Gothic fiction subgenre |
| Urban Gothic | subgenre of Gothic fiction |
| The Monk | Gothic novel |
| Dracula | Gothic horror novel |
| Jane Eyre | Gothic novel |
| The Mysteries of Udolpho | Gothic novel |
|
Clara Reeve
surface form:
The Old English Baron
|
Gothic novel |
| Let the Right One In | romantic horror film |
| The Romance of the Forest | Gothic novel |
| The Turn of the Screw | ghost story |
| The Red Room | ghost story |
| Mackenzie Poltergeist legend | ghost story |
| The Bell-Tower | Gothic fiction |
|
Mahal
surface form:
Mahal (1949 film)
|
gothic romance film |
| Ruritanian romance | fiction genre |
| The Sandman | Gothic fiction work |
| The Devil’s Elixirs | Gothic novel |
| Councillor Krespel | Gothic fiction |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | — |
| The Ghost in the Mill | ghost story |
| Shade (novel) | ghost story |
| The Adventure of the German Student | Gothic fiction work |
| Edward Scissorhands | gothic fantasy film |
| Monaldi | Gothic novel |
|
Monaldi (novel)
surface form:
Monaldi
|
Gothic novel |
| The Magic Toyshop | Gothic novel |
| Ligeia | Gothic fiction work |
| The Witching Hour | gothic horror novel |
| The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned | gothic horror novel |
| The Vampire Lestat | gothic horror novel |
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Rebecca (novel by Daphne du Maurier)
surface form:
Rebecca (novel)
|
Gothic novel |
| Jack & Diane | romantic horror film |
| The Pale Blue Eye | gothic film |
| Dark Shadows (2012 film) | gothic film |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic fiction work |
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The Italian by Ann Radcliffe
surface form:
The Italian
|
Gothic novel |
| Khamoshiyan | romantic horror film |