What is the author's style in The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe?

Poe is considered one of the early masters of Gothic horror fiction. The genre was developed in the nineteenth century, originally in the literature of Great Britain, and is characterized by elements of the supernatural, gruesome scenes of horror, dark settings, and a preoccupation with death and madness. "The Masque of the Red Death" contains all of these elements.