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Dark, mysterious, dependent on a type of atmosphere that is anxiety- inducing, All sorts of mythological and fantastical creatures, Death is fundamentally present, mixes love and death, Attracted to marginal characters, outsiders, often insane, sometimes exceptional in physical ways (not necessarily in a good way), Focus on the outcast, and deviant erotic desires such as incest, Theme of the female victim, damsel in distress. Speaks to the connection between danger and eroticism in gothic lit. A germanic tribe first mentioned in 3rd century ad. A pejorative name given to the barbaric medieval age during the renaissance. A late 18th to early 19th century aesthetic associated with decay, death, and nostalgia for a mythologized medieval past. It later branches out into numerous directions and becomes a root to most genres in contemporary fiction. In its heyday, it was broadly popular, with both higher and lower classes. Barbarian migratory tribes occupying eastern and southern europe such as.
