Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the genre of fiction that combines elements of both horror and romance, featuring psychological and physical terror, the supernatural, castles or monasteries, ghosts, darkness, gloom and doom, etc., usually in a medieval setting. Works on the literary movement that spawned this genre are entered under Gothic revival (Literature). Works on literature written in the Gothic language are entered under Gothic literature.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Dracula : an intertextual, Byronic romance, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sch
Identifier: b7929340
[Introduction -- excerpts]
First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's novel Dracula has become embedded in modern culture, primarily through its extensive adaptations in Hollywood films. The story tells a gothic tale of Count Dracula, a Transylvanian vampire who travels to England in the late-nineteenth century to terrorize London society and suck the blood of his unfortunate and unsuspecting victims. Written during a time of globalization, Dracula...
Dates:
2019
Haunting space and place in Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House' and Helen Oyeyemi's White is for Witching, 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Nad
Identifier: b7930275
Introduction [excerpt]
I argue that Jackson and Oyeyemi escape the underlying patriarchal connontations of the novel and writing by creating temporal spaces within their texts for the purpose of discussing gender issues facing middle-class women at their time. By placing temporal space within the houses, Jackson and Oyeyemi demonstrate that both social norms and change are born in the home. Analyzing the writing techniques of these authors, I address the social commentary made within each novel. In Chapter 1, I...
Dates:
2020
Is it magic? The use of magical and supernatural elements in Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables, 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis Fal
Identifier: b7666539
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2013
The feminist gothic : an analysis of The Handmaid's Tale, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Dib
Identifier: b7876913
Preface [excerpt]
Margaret Atwood's acclaimed novel The Handmaid's Tale has piqued the interest of many Americans, most recently due to its eerie anticipation of current politics. Since the main plot point of the text is the forced removal of women's rights, feminists today feel strongly about the subject matter. While the text is typically analyzed through a feminist lens and much has been written about the novel on points of oppression and women's rights, there is more to...
Dates:
2018
The Haunting of Hill House : psychic phenomena, gothic tropes, and shared consciousness, 2009
Item — Call number MU Thesis Gil
Identifier: b2825632
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2009
The queer heroes of horror : gothic entanglements with queerness in Vampire Hunter D : Bloodlust, Let the Right One In, and Palimpsest, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Fra
Identifier: b7877109
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2018