History of Southern Gothic The Southern Gothic genre takes its name and inspiration from Gothic literature. The first Gothic novel is widely considered to beHorace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. The supernatural and barbaric take center stage in Gothic literature, with the language often attempting...
Though many current and recent examples of Southern Gothic television fall into the category of supernatural and are organized around the conventions of the horror genre, they exhibit generic hybridity, remaining rooted in the grotesque, drawing heavily on the legacies of Southern Gothic literature, ...