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...
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...
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...