Weird Fiction has long been not only unappreciated but actively maltreated by orthodox esthetic evaluation, but its stature has improved considerably in modern times, and that has encouraged a reexamination of the genre\'s history.
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It has required nearly two centuries since the beginnings of modern Weird Fiction in the cradle of the Romantic Movement for the concept to be properly formulated, and the course of its Development usefully mapped.
Weird Fiction has long been not only unappreciated but actively maltreated by orthodox esthetic evaluation, but its stature has improved considerably in modern times, and that has encouraged a reexamination of the genre\'s history