The “romance” in the term “Gothic romance” combines its old meaning of “an adventure tale,” its new meaning of a “love story,” and the characteristics of the Romantic Movement. Consequently, works in this literary genre, as we now know it, use the structure of an adventure tale to tell a love story filtered through the philosophy, steeped in the aesthetic, and heightened by the mood of Romanticism. Incorporating touches of the movement’s focus on the irrational and emotional, the following brief video imparts a sense of Dracula/Harker’s gay Gothic romance.
"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance Inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'" by Mark Zidzik 