From deeply dark fairytales to shuddering murders, these books and short stories all play a key part in the definition of the ...

The term gothic was first applied to fiction in the mid-18th century, and to this day conjures brooding atmospheres, ...

It was the perfect setting to plot two of the most influential horror stories of all time. A group of young writers and their friends ventured on a vacation in May 1816 that was supposed to be filled ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The Gothic Literature and History of New England surveys the history, nature and future of the Gothic mode in the region, from the witch ...

Mary Shelley, proclaimed as one of the first gothic science fiction writers, wrote Frankenstein (the first ... and Nosferatu a symphony of horror (1922), are two of the most impactful examples of ...

A literary success in the Victorian era ... Carter's collection of short stories is perhaps the most famous example of feminist Gothic. Her retelling of traditional children’s stories exposes ...

By this point, Gothic literature didn’t have to be set in ... which is often cited as one of the first examples of goth music. The song title refers to the Hungarian actor who played Count ...

Whether you are watching a horror classic, such as “The Shining” or “Poltergeist,” or laughing at the over-the-top antics of “Beetlejuice” or the “Ghostbusters,” ghost stories abound during Halloween.

Please contact Liverpool University Press for availability about this product This study considers how British literature from the late-Victorian era to the 1930s draws upon Gothic and supernatural ...

The Gothic Revival was a conscious movement that began in England to revive medieval Gothic forms, from the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century. The 18th century examples ...