The Gothic aesthetic gained literary prominence in the 18th century with the emergence of Gothic fiction. Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1764) is credited as the genre’s foundation ...

Inspired by Gothic or necromancer novels like Frankenstein ... It evokes a moody, scholarly aesthetic rooted in literature, history, and a passion for learning. Embracing dark academia aesthetic ...

With its gloomy atmosphere and aesthetics, goth is one of the most ... were rapturously received in theatres. By this point, Gothic literature didn’t have to be set in the Middle Ages or even ...