A brief introduction to Gothic Literature including a recommended reading guide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Terrifyingly Seductive: The AbbessAn except fromWilliam-Henry Ireland's The Abbess. The novel, Ireland's answer to Matthew Lewis's The Monk, tells a tale of love, sex, religion and torture. How fun is that?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Forgotten GothicIn this instalment of Reading the Gothic we are going to be looking at one of the bestselling Gothic novelists of the 19th century, Francis Lathom. Mystery surrounds this 19th century bestselling author, but why?
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Adapting HorrorIn our fifth installment of Reading the Gothic we are going to be looking at the adaptability and popularity of the Gothic novel. From Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto to Stephen King's Cell, from James Whale's Frankenstein to Eli Roth's The Hostel, the Gothic continues to permeate fiction and film today. Why though? Its not as if the giant helmet that crushed the poor Conrad could illicit more than laughter from today's readers, and it's hard to imagine an eighteenth century reader u ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Romances and Gothic TalesIn our third episode we discuss the literary mushrooms that are Gothic chapbooks or bluebooks. Considered by some as literary rubbish, these short tales of terror have been resurrected to thrill and chill the modern reader.
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An Overview of Zittaw Press: Publishing the GothicOur second episode of Reading the Gothic focuses on the role of Zittaw Press in reproducing and reprinting the Gothic. We discuss the chapbooks, novels and forthcoming projects such as Gothic graphic novels. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website