# Gothic literature

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Here are entered chiefly treatises on literature written in the Gothic language. Works on the literary genre that combines elements of both horror and romance, featuring psychological and physical terror, the supernatural, castles or monasteries, ghosts, darkness, gloom and doom, etc., usually in a medieval setting, are entered under [Gothic fiction (Literary genre).]

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Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85055994

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