This is the genre of a novel that opens with (*)
In a novel in this genre, the main character tries to use a myrtle bough to rape a woman, but he is interrupted by her mother. That book in this genre includes a scene where a man is bitten by a serpent while picking a rose for his beloved, who later sucks the snake venom from his wound. A character from a novel in this genre recognizes his son by an arrow-shaped birthmark. This is the genre of a novel that opens with (*) Conrad being crushed to death by a massive helmet on his wedding day, leading his father Manfred to pursue the widowed bride, Isabella. Novels in it include a book in which Father Ambrosio signs a contract with Lucifer, Matthew Lewis's The Monk, as well as Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto. For 10 points, name this genre of romance and horror that shares its name with a style of architecture.
In a novel in this genre, the main character tries to use a myrtle bough to rape a woman, but he is interrupted by her mother.
Gothic fiction [or Gothic novels, Gothic literature, etc.]