Gothic-tradition resources: Overviews, Directories, & Collections. Indicates a link that opens a new browser window ] Sublime Anxiety: The Gothic Family and the Outsider Special exhibit at the U of Virginia, focusing on early Gothic works and their treatments/modulations of family and hero-as-outsider; special sections include Women and the Gothic, the Brontës, The Vampire, and more.
Romanticism on the Net Although not specifically concerned with the Gothic or supernaturalist traditions, this online peer-reviewed journal of Romantics studies publishes material on a number of authors and topics relevant to those traditions. Victorian Web Created by George P. Romantic Circles Another Romanticism-specific site that provides high-quality coverage of the period in which the Gothic (and the post-Gothic) took form. The Gothic: Materials for Study An outstanding introduction to and overview of Gothic literature, prepared by graduate students in a course taught by Jerome McGann and Patricia Meyer Spacks.
Gothic Literature: What the Romantic Writers Read The Sickly Taper. Gothic Literature General. Victorian Gothic fin de siecle literature homepage. A short introduction The Gothic genre gained prominence in Britain in the late 18th century.
Fog, smoke, decrepit mansions, insanity (usually afflicting a young heroine), sexuality, incest, and mystery are just some of the general characteristics of the Gothic literary tradition. The Gothic genre, which is still prevalent today, has undergone major shifts throughout its existence. In "British Gothic fiction, 1885-1930," Kelly Hurley draws on science fiction theorist Annette Kuhn when she writes, "The Gothic is rightly, if partially, understood as a cyclical drama that reemerges in times of cultural stress in order to negotiate anxieties for its readership by working through them in displaced (sometimes supernaturalized) form. " During the end of the century, referred to as the fin de siècle, fears of change and a general opinion of the decline of ethical, moral, social, and sexual traditions were abundant.
Lc subject headings and browsing areas. Glossary of Literary Gothic Terms. A Glossary of Literary Gothic Terms ancestral curse . . . anti-Catholicism . . . body-snatching . . . cemetery . . . claustrophobia . . . gothic counterfeit . . . devil . . . The Girl and the Wolf.