Learn about the contexts, conventions and key examples of Gothic literature in this guide for KS3 English students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

At the same time, gothic's very adaptability heightens its menace – just try to contain this beast. The Gothic is not a genre, insisted novelist Sarah Perry, writing in The Paris Review in 2018.

The dark and eerie atmosphere of Gothic literature influences House of the Dragon's haunted castle, Harrenhal, enhancing Daemon's story.

John Milas discusses how ' 'The Militia House,' a gothic war-time novel praised by Roxane Gay,' is a genre treatment of his own Marine duty in Afghanistan.