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Suburban Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic Literature. Like its predecessor, suburban gothic is dark and disturbing, often employing psychological and supernatural devices to drive the plot along. It uses these devices not so much to entertain, but to explore social issues and to challenge the suburban dream.

Suburban gothic strives to break down the facade of normality that pervades suburbia. The knights and heroes of traditional gothic literature have been replaced in most cases by a heroic underdog figure. The grotesqueness of its characters lay not in the disfiguration of the body but of the mind, delving into the dark and twisted pysches of its charcatrers.

In most cases, as in real life, in Suburban Gothic literature good does not prevail. Wrongs are often left unrighted and are, in fact, often unrightable. They are, in fact, often compounded when confronted.

This genre of writing is exemplified in the works of Edward Bloor and Robert Cormier, and in some of the works of Stephen King.

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 '''Suburban Gothic''' is a subgenre of [[Gothic Literature]].  Like its predecessor, suburban gothic is dark and disturbing, often employing psychological and supernatural devices to drive the plot along.  It uses these devices not so much to entertain, but to explore social issues and to challenge the suburban dream.
-Suburban gothic strives to break down the facade of normality that pervades suburbia by delving into the often distrubed psyches of its grotesque characters. In most cases, as in real life, good does not prevail. Wrongs are often left unrighted and are, in fact, often compounded when challenged.
+Suburban gothic strives to break down the facade of normality that pervades suburbia. The knights and heroes of traditional gothic literature have been replaced in most cases by a heroic underdog figure.  The grotesqueness of its characters lay not in the disfiguration of the body but of the mind, delving into the dark and twisted pysches of its charcatrers.
+In most cases, as in real life, in Suburban Gothic literature good does not prevail.  Wrongs are often left unrighted and are, in fact, often unrightable.  They are, in fact, often compounded when confronted.
 This genre of writing is exemplified in the works of [[Edward Bloor]] and [[Robert Cormier]], and in some of the works of [[Stephen King]].