where did gothic literature come from
While Gothic horror stories became popular in German literature, the Gothic novel originated in England with the publication of Horace Walpole's novel The Castle of Otranto (1765), which Walpole called a Gothic story.othic literature is devoted primarily to stories of horror, the fantastic, and the darker supernatural forces. These forces often represent the dark side of human nature irrational or destructive desires. The painting opposite illustrates a scene from one of the most famous Gothic novels, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1898).