Well what with the "holiday"...all hallows eve and the lot of that, eh?... I say we all get goth! And, I do not mean listen to the Cure like it is 1989, no! I...
Sounds like fun to share some poetry... I have been doing some research on Blake for school and came across this poem, which I had forgotten about. Hope you...
There are numerous versions of this poem dating from that time. Here's one version: False Lamkin By Anonymous <http://www.daypoems.net/poets/592.html> *18th ...
On the subject of late Victorian gothic tales, and also Edwardian gothic, and in the interests of getting some discussion happening, what do you consider to be...
Dear Al and list, Though it is so common, I still consider "Dracula" to be the best late Victorian Gothic novel. Other than the works of Wilkie Collins (which...
Al and list, I was surprised to see that you could not 'look inside' the "Late Victorian Gothic Tales" book at Amazon. I would suspect that most of the ...
... Here, per OUP's website, is the TofC for that anthology: Dionea Vernon Lee Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Oscar Wilde Sir Edmund Orme Henry James Magic Lantern...
Hello people! I have just started a new Gothic group in which I hope to explore the Gothic sensibility by doing monthly readings of the classic works of Gothic...
I agree with Matthew that those who wrote gothics during what's called the "Gaslight" period (and thus the list originally dedicated to it) produced some...
Hi Ellen & group, a couple of unique factors spring to mind, mainly concerning London. There was an upsurge of interest in Spiritualism at the time with the...
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Good Heavens Ms. Moody, That is a really great question. It is like a puzzle or something. Like, with Frankenstein, would one look at Mary Shelley's history?...
Dearest Ellen, you wrote: <<My sense is we are still lucky enough to feel the effects of this era today -- in influence of individual authors (M. R. James for...
So, my question is: is it correct to define late Victorian horror "gothic"? Excellent question! - But let me rephrase it :) Is it correct to define any horror...
At the moment I’m reading <i>The Dedalus Book of Decadence: Moral Ruins</i>, and it’s set me to thinking of the elements that gothic fiction and decadent...
At the moment I’m reading "The Dedalus Book of Decadence: Moral Ruins", and it’s set me to thinking of the elements that gothic fiction and decadent...
That's what happens when you accidentally hit Send before editing your email, and try to stop the email from being sent. It gets sent twice, and then you...
Hi Al, is there a working definition for gothic fiction and decadent fiction? What about Grand Guignol horror? Could that be defined as Gothic fiction? Frank ...
</lurk> Hi all, This disussion has piqued my interest in a slightly different area, which is genre studies on the broader scale. Gothic as a genre fascinates...
Interesting question about the relationship between Grand Guignol and Gothic fiction! Though Frank addressed the question to Al, I'd like to respond with an ...
Man O man, I am thinking that the Grand Guignol horror is way decadent, eh? Man, I just looked that up and I just could not believe it! Goodness. With the...
Mary, A San Francisco theater group runs this site: http://www.grandguignol.com/ Some interesting articles and interviews but it barely 'scratches the...
Dear Luca and all, I think if we use the definition of gothic found in books like Punter's and Davenport-Hines (one flexible and yet precise enough) we find...
Oh heck, I do not think it is worth buying. It is neater to learn by your own self. However, the Cambridge books are good for the GRE's, but our area is not ...
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