Gothic Themes, Settings, and Figures INTRODUCTION REPRESENTATIVE WORKS PRIMARY SOURCES OVERVIEWS HAUNTED DWELLINGS AND THE SUPERNATURAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE GOTHIC VAMPIRES FURTHER READING Introduction Gothic literature has influenced and inspired several...

Society, Culture, and the Gothic INTRODUCTION REPRESENTATIVE WORKS PRIMARY SOURCES OVERVIEWS RACE AND THE GOTHIC WOMEN AND THE GOTHIC FURTHER READING Introduction The Gothic tradition originated in response to a period of rapid and far-reaching...

Gothic Literature: an Overview INTRODUCTION REPRESENTATIVE WORKS PRIMARY SOURCES OVERVIEWS ORIGINS OF THE GOTHIC AMERICAN GOTHIC EUROPEAN GOTHIC FURTHER READING Introduction The origins of Gothic literature can be traced to various historical, cultural,...

Performing Arts and the Gothic INTRODUCTION REPRESENTATIVE WORKS PRIMARY SOURCES DRAMA FILM TELEVISION MUSIC FURTHER READING Introduction The English Gothic drama, like the Gothic novel, was characterized by a reliance on supernatural elements and...

European Romantic, pseudo-medieval fiction with a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror. Such novels were often set in castles or monasteries equipped with subterranean passages, dark battlements, and hidden panels, and they had plots involving...

Strawberry Hill, an English villa in the " Gothic revival " style, built by seminal Gothic writer Horace Walpole Gothic fiction is an important genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance . As a genre, it is generally believed...