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Epic card · Science
Gothic fiction, an Epic card
Gothic fiction, often referred to as Gothic horror, is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 540,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Gothic fiction quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gothic fiction card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Subsequent 18th-century ______ included Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, William Beckford, and Matthew Gregory Lewis.
Answer
contributors. Subsequent 18th-century contributors included Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, William Beckford, and Matthew Gregory Lewis. From the Gothic fiction article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The first work to be labelled as Gothic was Horace Walpole's ____ novel The Castle of Otranto, later subtitled A Gothic Story.
Answer
1760s. The first work to be labelled as Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, later subtitled A Gothic Story. From the Gothic fiction article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Battle of Britain. Battle of Britain 95 · Quantum computing 89 · Gothic fiction 86 · Polaris 81 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The name of the genre is derived from the Renaissance-era use of the word "gothic", as a pejorative term meaning medieval and barbaric, which itself originated from Gothic architecture and in turn the Goths.
- The first work to be labelled as Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, later subtitled A Gothic Story.
- Subsequent 18th-century contributors included Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, William Beckford, and Matthew Gregory Lewis.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gothic fiction article was read about 540,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Gothic fiction
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gothic fiction (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Theodor von Holst, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
