Readings
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Occult Kabbalism in the Poems of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats’ fascination with the occult at the turn of the century was indicative of a larger cultural trend…
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Spiritualism in Victorian and Neo-Victorian Fiction
Spiritualism’s resistance to established notions made it an appealing alternative to conventional religions, by recognising no formal hierarchy.
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The Historical Roots Of Contemporary Horror Fiction
A brief history of horror is followed by an examination of the trends and changes that have occurred in contemporary…
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Morgan Le Fay, The Arthurian Witch And Shape-Shifter
From Celtic Goddesses and the fairies of folklore, the literary character of Morgan le Fay has been most commonly perceived…
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Ann Radcliffe’s Delicate Ghosts In Gothic Fiction
As in the case of the supernatural, this negotiation manifests itself in Ann Radcliffe’s subtle blend of evocation and denial,…
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The ‘Semillas de Maldad’ Early Latin Gothic Inspirations
The nineteenth-century period of inspiration and transformations, primes with eloquent transculturation and hybridization of the Gothic in Latin America
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The Aesthetic Background of Eighteenth-Century Gothic Fiction
At the opening of the eighteenth-century, there is a weakening of conviction of the importance of man’s personal relation to…
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Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror Creatures In Gothic Fictions
Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s fictions have had an enormous influence on the modern horror genre, but can also help us to…
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Ghosts Of Romanticism In Neil Gaiman’s Children’s Fiction
By evoking hidden memories, Neil Gaiman’s works are envisioned in the tradition of Gothic Fairy tales showing traces of a…
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Lovecraftian Re-visioning OF The Romantic-Era Gothicism
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an author, letter writer, and poet who lived between 1890 and 1937. His works blend science…
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Early Expressions Of Black Gothic And Slave Narrative Rewritings
Returning to haunt and demand recognition, African American Gothic is more concerned with the problem of monolithic, rigid cultural repression…
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The Hunters of Humanity: Creatures of Horror In Ghost Stories
In M.R. James’ ghost stories, the most irrational and fearful aspects of archaic demonology still haunting the modern world are…
