What is "Gothic" in the 21st century by Mark Carver

Mention the word “Gothic” to any bookophile and you’ll get responses like Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, and Bram Stoker. Open books by these authors and you’ll find decadent, mist-shrouded mansions, gloomy weather, morose, self-indulgent characters, and probably a ghost or two. Gothic, as understood in American and English literature, is heavy on atmosphere, delves deep into the darker recesses of the human personality, and pays particular attention to death and its various manifestations.

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