Gothic fiction is characterized by an environment of fear, the threat of supernatural events, and the intrusion of the past upon the … See more

Precursors
The components that would eventually combine into Gothic literature had a rich history by the time Walpole presented a fictitious medieval … See more

Educators in literary, cultural, and architectural studies appreciate the Gothic as an area that facilitates investigation of the beginnings of scientific certainty. As Carol Senf has stated, "the Gothic was... a counterbalance produced by writers and thinkers who felt … See more

1. ^ "The Castle of Otranto: The creepy tale that launched gothic fiction". BBC News. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
2. ^ Birch, Dinah, ed. (2009). "Gothic fiction". The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7th ed.). … See more

Literary Gothic themes have been translated into other media.
There was a notable revival in 20th-century Gothic horror cinema, such as the classic Universal monsters films of the 1930s, Hammer Horror films, and Roger Corman See more

• Aestheticism
• American Gothic fiction
• Decadent Movement
• Dark fantasy
• Eighteenth-century Gothic novel See more

• Works related to Gothic fiction at Wikisource
• Gothic Fiction at the British Library Archived 25 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Key motifs in Gothic Fiction Archived 1 July 2017 at the See more