Gothic literature

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fiction genre literary genre

Gothic literature is a genre of fiction that emerged in the late 18th century, characterized by mysterious and supernatural elements, dark and atmospheric settings, and themes of terror, decay, and the uncanny.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gothic fiction	8
Dark Romanticism	6
Gothic horror literature	1
Gothic tradition	1

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fiction genre ⓘ literary genre ⓘ
developedFrom	Romanticism ⓘ
firstMajorAuthor	Horace Walpole ⓘ
firstMajorWork	The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	dark atmosphere ⓘ decay ⓘ emphasis on emotion ⓘ exploration of fear ⓘ gloomy settings ⓘ haunted spaces ⓘ isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ melodrama ⓘ mysterious elements ⓘ mystery ⓘ psychological tension ⓘ ruined architecture ⓘ sublime landscapes ⓘ supernatural elements ⓘ terror ⓘ the uncanny ⓘ
hasModernForm	contemporary Gothic fiction ⓘ
hasSubgenre	Female Gothic ⓘ Gothic romance ⓘ Southern Gothic ⓘ Urban Gothic ⓘ
hasTheme	death ⓘ decay ⓘ entrapment ⓘ family secrets ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ religious anxiety ⓘ repressed desires ⓘ the past haunting the present ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ the uncanny double ⓘ transgression ⓘ
hasTypicalCharacterType	Byronic hero ⓘ ghosts ⓘ monks and nuns ⓘ persecuted heroine ⓘ tyrannical villain ⓘ
hasTypicalPlotElement	family curse ⓘ hidden identities ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ prophecies ⓘ secret passageways ⓘ
hasTypicalSetting	castles ⓘ isolated mansions ⓘ remote landscapes ⓘ ruined abbeys ⓘ
influenced	Gothic cinema ⓘ Gothic fantasy ⓘ Gothic revival in architecture ⓘ Southern Gothic ⓘ surface form: Southern Gothic literature dark romanticism ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ
influencedBy	medievalism ⓘ sentimental fiction ⓘ the sublime in aesthetics ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	English ⓘ
notableAuthor	Ann Radcliffe ⓘ Bram Stoker ⓘ Charles Maturin ⓘ Charlotte Brontë ⓘ Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Emily Brontë ⓘ Mary Shelley ⓘ Matthew Gregory Lewis ⓘ Sheridan Le Fanu ⓘ
notableWork	Dracula ⓘ Mary Shelley ⓘ surface form: Frankenstein Jane Eyre ⓘ The Castle of Otranto ⓘ The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ The Monk ⓘ The Mysteries of Udolpho ⓘ Wuthering Heights ⓘ
originatedInPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
originatedInRegion	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain
periodOfFlourishing	19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
relatedGenre	dark fantasy ⓘ ghost story ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ
relatedMovement	Gothic Revival ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	cultural studies ⓘ literary studies ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jane Eyre → genre → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic fiction

Mary Shelley → genre → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic fiction

Gothic cinema → hasInfluenceFrom → Gothic literature ⓘ

Lenore → hasInfluenceOn → Gothic literature ⓘ

subject surface form: Lenore (poem)

American Romanticism → hasPart → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism

Mary Shelley → influenced → Gothic literature ⓘ

The Fall of the House of Usher → influenced → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic horror literature

Southern Gothic → influencedBy → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic fiction

The Monk → influencedBy → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic tradition

A Sicilian Romance → literaryMovement → Gothic literature ⓘ

Annabel Lee → literaryMovement → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism

The Castle of Otranto → literaryMovement → Gothic literature ⓘ

Twice-Told Tales → literaryMovement → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism

The Masque of the Red Death → literarySubgenre → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism

Ann Radcliffe → movement → Gothic literature ⓘ

Clara Reeve → movement → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic fiction

Edgar Allan Poe → movement → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic fiction

Edgar → movement → Gothic literature ⓘ

subject surface form: Edgar Allan Poe

this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism

Emily Brontë → movement → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic fiction

Herman Melville → movement → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism

Horace Walpole → movement → Gothic literature ⓘ

Female Gothic → subgenreOf → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic fiction

Urban Gothic → subgenreOf → Gothic literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gothic fiction