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Gothic fiction: a standalone construct

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Genre studies

fiction of terror and the supernatural, often in archaic settings, that Punter traces from Walpole's The Castle of Otranto to the present.

In genre studies, Gothic fiction refers to fiction of terror and the supernatural, often in archaic settings, that Punter traces from Walpole's The Castle of Otranto to the present. This meaning comes from Punter (1980) in The literature of terror: a history of gothic fictions from 1765 to the present day.[1]

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References

Punter, D. (1980). The literature of terror: a history of gothic fictions from 1765 to the present day. Longman. ISBN 9780582489219

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