Gothic literature

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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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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

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Horace Walpole movement Gothic literature
American Romanticism hasPart Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Edgar Allan Poe movement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Ann Radcliffe movement Gothic literature
The Castle of Otranto literaryMovement Gothic literature
Southern Gothic influencedBy Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Herman Melville movement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Mary Shelley genre Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Mary Shelley influenced Gothic literature
The Fall of the House of Usher influenced Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic horror literature
Annabel Lee literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
The Masque of the Red Death literarySubgenre Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Edgar movement Gothic literature
subject surface form: Edgar Allan Poe
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Lenore hasInfluenceOn Gothic literature
subject surface form: Lenore (poem)
Twice-Told Tales literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
A Sicilian Romance literaryMovement Gothic literature
Jane Eyre genre Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Clara Reeve movement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Gothic cinema hasInfluenceFrom Gothic literature
Female Gothic subgenreOf Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Urban Gothic subgenreOf Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Emily Brontë movement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
The Monk influencedBy Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic tradition
Bartleby, the Scrivener literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Scottish literature includesGenre Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Scottish Gothic
Tales of Wonder literaryMovement Gothic literature
Monk Lewis movement Gothic literature
subject surface form: Matthew Gregory Lewis
The Bravo of Venice literaryMovement Gothic literature
Adelmorn the Outlaw literaryMovement Gothic literature
Rugantino literaryMovement Gothic literature
Mr. Edward Hyde genreOfWork Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Adelaide workMovement Gothic literature
Angela Carter influencedBy Gothic literature
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (later editions and collections) literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Prince Prospero's abbey locatedInFictionalUniverse Gothic literature
this entity surface form: the world of Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic tales
The Prophetic Pictures literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Sights from a Steeple literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
The Man of Adamant literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
The Christmas Banquet literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
The Birth-Mark literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Hawthorne family associatedWithMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark romanticism
Ulalume hasInfluenceOn Gothic literature
Schedoni literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Julia Mazzini literaryMovement Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Romantic-era Gothic
Hippolitus de Vereza appearsInGenre Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Gothic fiction
Reverend Mr. Hooper genreOfWorkAppearedIn Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Dark Romanticism
Male Gothic subclassOf Gothic literature
Male Gothic relatedConcept Gothic literature
this entity surface form: Romantic Gothic
Carmilla literaryMovement Gothic literature
Melmoth the Wanderer literaryMovement Gothic literature