The first part looks at how it became the persistent voice of a counterculture, resisting and questioning rationality, authority and social and cultural institution.
Examine Bram Stoker's Dracula and delve into the realm of vampires, werewolves and zombies. Plus, explore Gothic literature from the likes of Oscar Wilde and Jane Austen.
Explore the work of Angela Carter and Hilary Mantel, Gothic's expression of the sense of 'the other' in The Invisible Man and Get Out and the concept of the 'Gothic outsider'.
An examination of Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Joseph Conrad's work in Gothic literature. Plus, explore the Gothic Revival in architecture and Queer Gothic.