Growing up in Pennsylvania as the daughter of a casket salesman, Assoc. Prof. Bridget Marshall became more familiar with death than most children. As a teenager, she loved Stephen King novels. Then in ...

A Victorian vampire kit contains all the necessary equipment for hunting down vampires A new exhibition at the British Library in London looks at the changing taste for the Gothic in British writing.

There is a surge in goth-lit that channels our fears and anxieties. Hephzibah Anderson explores how the genre's past and new stories delve deep into disorder and darkness. "We live in Gothic times," ...

Gothic lit and its moody sister, "dark academia", are ruling TikTok. From The Secret History to Frankenstein, here are eight shadowy goth-lit must-reads from past and present, selected by the novelist ...

The gothic aesthetic is one of sprawling ruins and crumbling walls, barren landscapes and monstrous creatures: beautiful things that have fallen to decay. The genre has a long history, flourishing in ...

Ever since I began writing at a very young age, I noticed that there was a certain element in my words that made them dark, and at times, even sadistic. As I pursued my education in English Literature ...

In my previous blog, I emphasized the necessity of comprehending the historical era in which a particular art form originated. Engaging in the revival or understanding of any art form without gaining ...

A new exhibition at the British Library in London looks at the changing taste for the Gothic in British writing. Exhibits range from a wooden box containing vampire-killing equipment (possibly not 100 ...