gothic
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The notice appears on the description of Cardiff University's English Literature module Gothic Fiction: The Victorians, which examines texts from the 19th Century.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
"Ayton Castle is a truly extraordinary property, widely regarded as Scotland's finest example of Gothic Revival architecture," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
One is the dense, dialect-heavy Gothic novel, 300-plus pages of exposition told second- or even thirdhand.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
This restless drive to find the underlying order of things, whether of a mountain range or a Gothic vault, is the key to the whole exhibition, and to Viollet-le-Duc.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
In Gothic cathedrals the arched vault tended to push the piers outward.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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Reading: Literature - Fiction - High School
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