Editor's Note: The below contains spoilers for Season 2 Episode 5 of House of the Dragon. Gothic literature stems from Romanticism, emphasizing the beauty of nature, extreme emotion, and the macabre ...

Gothicism is a genre of literature often underestimated in its importance. It was the gothic that gave rise to such subgenres as science fiction and horror, which stand among the most popular of ...

Despite over 40 films, television and radio adaptations, Wuthering Heights is still often remembered as an “obsessive romance.” In reality, it is a Gothic Romance – and more specifically, a story that ...

Editor's Note: This is the first part of a two-part column. The second piece will be published in Ovation on Feb. 10. Missouri has long dipped its toe into the edge of the deep swamp that is Gothic ...