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Thomas M. Disch, The Priest: A Gothic Romance (1994) Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, The Double (1846), The Landlady (1847), Bobok (1873) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880) Arthur Conan Doyle, Lot No. 249 (1892) Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn (1936), Rebecca (1938) and My Cousin Rachel (1951) George du Maurier, Trilby (1894)
Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages , which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.
Minerva Press was a publishing house, notable for creating a lucrative market in sentimental and Gothic fiction, active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries (1790-1820 [1]). [2] It was established by William Lane (c. 1745–1814) at No 33 Leadenhall Street , [ 3 ] London , when he moved his circulating library there in about 1790.
From classics by Jane Eyre and Shirley Jackson to more modern entries in the genre
Examples of this form of fiction are now rare, surviving only in a few collections. [2] One of the collections where a number of gothic bluebooks have been preserved is the Corvey Library. [3] Gothic bluebooks were descendants of the chapbook, trade in which had nearly disappeared by 1800. [4]
Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818) [1] was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel The Monk.
Authors who fall under the category of "New American Gothic" include: Flannery O'Connor, John Hawkes, J.D. Salinger, and Shirley Jackson. These writers rely on the use of private worlds to weave their Gothic intrigue, as such the destruction of the family unit is commonplace in the New American Gothic.
Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist, a pioneer of Gothic fiction, and a minor poet.Her technique of explaining apparently supernatural elements in her novels has been credited with gaining respectability for Gothic fiction in the 1790s. [1]