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Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror, 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.
The ruins of Wolf's Crag castle in Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819)
The ruins of Wolf's Crag castle in Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819)
Strawberry Hill, an English villa in the "Gothic Revival" style, built by Gothic writer Horace Walpole
Strawberry Hill, an English villa in the "Gothic Revival" style, built by Gothic writer Horace Walpole
The Gothic Temple folly in the gardens at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, UK, built as a ruin in 1741, designed by James Gibbs
The Gothic Temple folly in the gardens at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, UK, built as a ruin in 1741, designed by James Gibbs
Catherine Morland, the naive protagonist of Northanger Abbey (1818), Jane Austen's Gothic parody
Catherine Morland, the naive protagonist of Northanger Abbey (1818), Jane Austen's Gothic parody
Horace Walpole
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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1756
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1756
Walpole by Rosalba Carriera, c. 1741.
Walpole by Rosalba Carriera, c. 1741.
Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham
Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham
Horace Walpole by John Giles Eccardt, c. 1755.
Horace Walpole by John Giles Eccardt, c. 1755.