This article explores the use of floral symbolism within Gothic fiction of the fin de siècle.
Taking as a basis the language of flower anthologies popularised throughout the nineteenth …

Most accounts of the Gothic novel take Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) as the
genre's point of origin. As with most generic boundaries–and stories of origin–there is an …

Abstract 'The Gothic novel'is by no means a coherent entity, but it has its genesis in a turn to
an imagined past. In considering late 18th‐century Gothic fiction, the impact of the broader …

Bertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand (Drury Lane, 1816), argues that the Gothic drama,
which he notes had been called the 'German drama'but which he believes should be called …

In classic gothic fiction (between 1764 and 1820) a Mediterranean setting invites the
expansion of Roman Catholic motifs, and indeed Catholicism itself becomes a standard and …

The writer's insistence on this particular aspect of décor would have struck a particular chord
with Gothic enthusiasts and satirists alike in the 1790s. There did indeed appear to be a …

This article offers a study of a now forgotten tale published in 1765,'The Adventure of Count
Beaumont'. It begins by showing that, in terms of motifs and techniques, the tale displays all …

The literature of terror and horror continues to fascinate readers both casual and more
critical, and it has long been recognised as an international, not merely British …

This thesis challenges the prevailing critical view that Gothic is a vehicle for anti-Catholic,
anticlerical sentiment. Its aim is to point an oversight in the critical study of Gothic. This thesis …

The late-Victorian era has been extensively researched as a period of Gothic literature, and
this study seeks to build upon this body of work by connecting the content of such studies to …