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  2. Gothic fiction - Wikipedia

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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) has come to define Gothic fiction in the Romantic period. Frontispiece to 1831 edition shown. Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting.

  3. Gothic Theatre - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic Theatre is a former movie theater turned music venue in Englewood, Colorado. It was built in the 1920s and revitalized in 1998. It was built in the 1920s and revitalized in 1998. Since the theater re-opened in 1998, it has held an abundance of events, ranging from local concerts to private events and film showcases.

  4. Gothicism - Wikipedia

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    Erik Gustaf Geijer was a member of the 19th-century Gothic League (or the Geatish Society), which propagated the now-familiar image of the Viking as a heroic Norseman. Gothicism or Gothism ( Swedish : Göticism Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjøːtɪsˌɪsm] ; Latin : Gothicismus ) was an ethno-cultural ideology and cultural movement in Sweden ...

  5. Phantasmagoria - Wikipedia

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    Interpretation of Robertson's Fantasmagorie from F. Marion's L'Optique (1867). Phantasmagoria (American pronunciation ⓘ), alternatively fantasmagorie and/or fantasmagoria, was a form of horror theatre that (among other techniques) used one or more magic lanterns to project frightening images – such as skeletons, demons, and ghosts – typically using rear projection onto a semi-transparent ...

  6. Southern Gothic - Wikipedia

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    Southern Gothic particularly focuses on the South's history of slavery, racism, fear of the outside world, violence, a "fixation with the grotesque, and a tension between realistic and supernatural elements". [4] Similar to the elements of the Gothic castle, Southern Gothic depicts the decay of the plantation in the post-Civil War South. [4]

  7. Goths - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic War culminated in the Battle of Adrianople in 378, in which the Romans were badly defeated and Valens was killed. [175] [176] Following the decisive Gothic victory at Adrianople, Julius, the magister militum of the Eastern Roman Empire, organized a wholesale massacre of Goths in Asia Minor, Syria and other parts of the Roman East ...

  8. Of two minds: Adobe Theater takes a modern-day approach ... - AOL

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    Slated for Friday, Oct. 18, through Sunday, Nov. 10, this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde," takes a modern-day approach to this Gothic ...

  9. History of theatre - Wikipedia

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    The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2,500 years. While performative elements are present in every society, it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form and entertainment, and theatrical or performative elements in other activities.