Slideshow on Gothic Conventions
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- The Gothic NovelRead about the history, critiques, examples of Gothic
- Gothic OverviewAbout Gothic from the Norton Anthology of English Literature
- Gothic originPeter Otto, the author, discusses the origins of the term and other related topics
- Conventions of the Gothic genreThere are a number of techniques, devices and conventions common to a great deal of Gothic literature:
Gothic Possibilities - Journal article
- Gothic PossibilitiesWhat sets apart a book or material as 'Gothic' ?
GOTHIC POSSIBILITIES
The authors Norman Holland and Leona Sherman look for answers to questions like - How has a genre like Gothic maintained its popularity for two centuries? Why are the overwhelming majority of those who read gothics women?
New Literary History, Vol. 8, No. 2,
Gothic vs Romantic - Journal article
- Gothic vs RomanticA reevaluation of the Gothic novel
GOTHIC VERSUS ROMANTIC: A REVALUATION OF THE GOTHIC NOVEL
BY ROBERT D. HUME
BY ROBERT D. HUME
The Gothic novel has not fared well among literary critics, even in this age of sympathetic evaluations of largely forgotten minor works..
PMLA, Vol. 84, No. 2
Love/Slave - Journal article
LOVE / SLAVE: by Judith Wilt
The author writes that the essence of the "Gothic" is intimacy...
Victorian Studies, Vol. 37, No. 3
Introduction - Motifs and Conventions of 'Gothic'
A Motif is a repeated theme, image or literary device
A Convention is a widely used and accepted device or technique as in a particular fiction genre
Gothic Conventions in the books
The Gothic by Call Number: 823.0872909ISBN: 9780631220633Themes and Topics (pg 257 - 298)
The gothic tradition by Call Number: 809.9ISBN: 9780521777322pg 46-58
Gothic by Call Number: Text BookISBN: 9780415092197
A Companion to the Gothic by Call Number: 823.0872ISBN: 0631231994(pg 143- 180, 257-269)
AQA English Literature B by Call Number: 820.76ISBN: 0748782893Gothic Conventions (pages 7- 25)
Capturing the castle - Journal article
CAPTURING THE CASTLE
Castles in the air, castles built on sand: Pete Bunten examines the Gothic castle as myth, motif and metaphor and looks at the ways in which this may reflect the instability of the genre.
The English Review, February 2010
The Radcliffean Gothic Model - Journal article
THE RADCLIFFEAN GOTHIC MODEL: A Form for Feminine Sexuality: by Cynthia Griffin Wolff
During the eighteenth century, a period of the most lively investigation into the possibilities of that "new" genre, the English novel,
several models were developed which proved so successful that they have persisted even into the present.
several models were developed which proved so successful that they have persisted even into the present.
Modern Language Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3,