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Southern Gothic: Grotesque

The Southern Gothic Movement of literature brings a deep atmosphere and sensible reasoning of the Gothic genre. This genre originated in the late 18 century England, thus came later to the South. Gothic writers used this genre as a backbone to criticize what they saw as the moral blindness of the medieval era. Southern writers later acquired this style of writing to dealt with their own past. Many authors from 20th century wrote in Southern Gothic tradition.  http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-southern-gothic-movement-in-literature.htm