Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Origins Of The Gothic Novel
The term "gothic" was originally a disparaging term applied to a style of medieval architecture (Gothic architecture) and art (Gothic art...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Origins Of The Gothic Novel
The term "gothic" was originally a disparaging term applied to a style of medieval architecture (Gothic architecture) and art (Gothic art...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Examples
Gothic novel - Gothic satire. Northanger Abbey (1818) by Jane Austen (Full text at Wikisource) Nightmare Abbey (1818) by Thomas Love ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romance Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Romance Novel - Origins Of The Romance Novel
The earliest English novels in this genre appeared in the 18th century. Pride and Prejudice (1813), by Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights (18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romance Genre: Encyclopedia Ii - Romance Genre - Relationship To Modern 'romantic Fiction'
In later romances, particularly those of French origin, there is a marked tendency to emphasize themes of courtly love, such as faithfuln...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bistriţa: Encyclopedia Ii - Bistriţa - Tourism
The greatest attraction of Bistriţa's central square is the Saxons' Lutheran church. It was originally constructed in the 14th century i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Phantom Of The Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - The Phantom Of The Opera - Plot
The Phantom of The Opera is a Gothic novel, combining romance, horror fiction, mystery, and tragedy. In Leroux's original 1910 novel, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Prominent Examples
Gothic novel - Gothic satire. Northanger Abbey (1818) by Jane Austen (Full text at Wikisource) Nightmare Abbey (1818) by Thomas Love P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Post-victorian Legacy
By the 1880s, it was time for a revival of the gothic novel as a semi-respectable literary form. This was the period of the gothic works ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - France And Germany
At about the same time, parallel Romantic literary movements developed in continental Europe: the roman noir ("black novel") in France an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - The First Gothic Novels
The term "gothic" came to be applied to the literary genre precisely because the genre dealt with such emotional extremes and dark themes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - The First Gothic Novels
The term "gothic" came to be applied to the literary genre precisely because the genre dealt with such emotional extremes and dark themes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Later Developments
In Britain, the gothic novel as a genre largely played itself out by 1840. This was helped by the over-saturation of the genre by cheap "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Later Developments
In Britain, the gothic novel as a genre largely played itself out by 1840. This was helped by the over-saturation of the genre by cheap "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - France And Germany
At about the same time, parallel Romantic literary movements developed in continental Europe: the roman noir ("black novel") in France an...   » Read the article