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Why The Gothic Keeps Gaslighting Us

Imaginary Worlds

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Gothic: A Psychological Form of Horror

Lila Taylor is the author of a nonfiction book called Darkly, Black History and America's Gothic Soul. She defines Gothic literature as "a combination of fear, sadness, and horror or terror" It's romanticized melancholy and I think it's aestheticized fear," she says.

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