Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Gothic Literature

Gothic Literature: Genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance.

Gothic: of or in a heavy ornate typeface (www.thefreedictionary.com/Gothic)

Literature: The body of written work by scholars or researchers in given fields (www.thefreedictionary.com/Gothic)

The first study of gothic literature was by Dorothy Scarborough. A lot of this writings and things happened in the 1770-1800

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