In addition, the Gothic tradition in literature, Dark Romanticism and the challenging effects this genre of writing has on human mind, whether for the writer or the reader of horror stories will be debated. ... He is also one of the foremost pioneers of detective fiction and is generally considered part of the American Romantic Movement especially Dark Romanticism. ... In the twentieth and twenty- first centuries, the ongoing fascination with horror, terror, the supernatural, vampires and werewolves, reveals the power the Gothic and Dark Romanticism continues to exert. ...

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