Happy October!! I know for the past few years I’ve done my #BooksBrewBoo giveaway during October, but this year my plate’s a little too full to manage that, so I’m finishing off my A.N. 10 highlights with three seasonally-appropriate posts. Boo!
My eighth pick for The A.N. 10 is my third pick from my What Is Genre? series of posts. I just really, really love discussing and analyzing fiction genres. (Which reminds me that I’m probably past due for my next in the series. What to cover? Hmm…)
“What Is Gothic Fiction?” was a fun one because I’d already spent so much dang time researching the topic on my own that writing the post was just plain easy. I don’t know why, exactly, I’ve always been so drawn to gothic novels, but I have. I’ve read all the most important pieces in the literary canon and read up on the history, etc. I’ve written many different blogs on the topic, too, besides this one. There’s just something about a perambulating skeleton, you know? 😉
“What Is Gothic Fiction?” had a fun little resurgence when Guillermo del Toro released Crimson Peak in 2015. He kept saying, “It’s gothic, not horror!” and everyone kept asking, “Okay but what’s the difference?!” My post came in pretty handy then. If you’re still confused about what makes a story “gothic,” it might come in handy now, too! Fortunately for me and the small but passionate club of gothic enthusiasts, gothic fiction isn’t going out of style any time soon, and neither is this post.
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What Is Gothic Fiction?
