The term gothic was first applied to fiction in the mid-18th century, and to this day conjures brooding atmospheres, crumbling mansions, and tormented characters. Beyond the eerie tropes, it’s a genre ...
Seattle Times: This fall, get your fill of Gothic fiction with these 6 audiobooks
Gothic fiction is experiencing a revival, if it ever truly died. Originally conceived as a shadowy counterpoint to the Age of Enlightenment’s sunny rationality, Gothic novels have lurked the literary ...
This fall, get your fill of Gothic fiction with these 6 audiobooks
“Spooky Season” makes readers hungry for horror — a genre with literary roots in Gothic fiction. In that case, October is a time to highlight women’s writing — as the Gothic is fundamentally a women’s ...
Publishers Weekly: The Harmful Tropes of Gothic Literature and Other Reflections on Roma History: PW Talks with Madeline Potter
The Harmful Tropes of Gothic Literature and Other Reflections on Roma History: PW Talks with Madeline Potter
Irish Central: "Race, Politics, and Irish America – A Gothic History" tells a fascinating tale
In her luminous new study "Race, Politics, and Irish America – A Gothic History," author Mary M. Burke writes a cultural history of race and Irishness in the Americas. “In the book, I've tried to tell ...
"Race, Politics, and Irish America – A Gothic History" tells a fascinating tale
WBUR: ‘Starling House’ Gothic fantasy novel depicts a fictional coal town’s real-life horrors, dark past
‘Starling House’ Gothic fantasy novel depicts a fictional coal town’s real-life horrors, dark past
Simmering tension, foggy moors, candlelit corridors, hidden secrets, yearning emotion…gothic fiction has always been enthralling but right now the genre is having a major resurgence in film and ...