The Story of Carmilla: Literature’s First Vampire Was Actually a Woman
Source: Ancient Origins
The novel Dracula, written by Bram Stoker and published in 1897, became a cult classic of horror literature throughout the world. It brought vampire legends to a wider...
On the Evolution of Female-Driven Gothic Narratives: A Reading List
Source: Literary Hub
Christine Mangan Recommends Fiction that Honors and Upholds the Genre’s Enduring Legacy
I can still recall reading my first Gothic novel, even all these years later. It was...
Greek Mythology 3500 BC to AD 2014 | University of Birminghan
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Gothic Novel
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Gothic novel, European Romantic pseudomedieval fiction having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror. Its heyday was the 1790s, but it underwent frequent revivals in subsequent centuries.
Called Gothic because its imaginative...
Bats: Out of Hell?
It took an Irish Gothic novelist to tie up centuries of demonic mythology surrounding this leathery, nocturnal mammal.
Source: History Today Volume 70 Issue 10 October 2020
By Alexander Lee
What would vampires...
Frankenstein: Between Two Worlds
Mary Shelley’s great novel is not a commentary on the Industrial Revolution, nor is it a simple retelling of the myth of Prometheus. It is far more original than...
Decadentismo, simbolismo e outras tendências literárias finisseculares
Fonte: Plataforma 9, 18-10-2020
Ementa: Na literatura ocidental, o final do século XIX foi caracterizado pela proliferação de movimentos literários ou propostas de renovação estética. O esgotamento do realismo na...
Believing in Literature
Source: London Review of Books AUGUST 3, 2020
THE RELATION BETWEEN belief and making is a troubled one. Anybody who has ever banged their fists on the table in an...
