Gothic category: 300 books

This book resituates the ghost story as a matter of literary hospitality and as part of a vital prehistory of modernism, seeing it not as a quaint neo-gothic ornament, but as a powerful literary response to the technological and psychological disturbances that marked the end of the Victorian era....

An Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his best known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard. Includes an active...

An Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his best known works are Uncle Silas, "Carmilla" and The House by the Churchyard. Contents An...

Winner of the 1997 International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts Best Non-fiction Book In 1897, Archibald Constable & Company published a novel by the unheralded Bram Stoker. That novel, Dracula, has gone on to become perhaps the most influential novel of all time. To commemorate...

Mary Shelley reappraises the significance of Frankenstein alongside other works by Shelley which could be considered to revise the significance and fluctuating meanings of ‘Gothic’ during the Romantic period. It offers scholarly, fresh readings of the 1818 and 1831 editions of Frankenstein, as...

Victorian Hauntings asks its reader to consider the following questions:What does it mean to read or write with ghosts, or to suggest that acts of reading or writing are haunted ? In what ways can authors in the nineteenth century be read so as to acknowledge the various phantom effects which return...

A compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland.

Here you will find the following works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Austen, Jane: “Northanger Abbey” Benson, E. F.: “Caterpillars” Bierce, Ambrose: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Blackwood, Algernon: “The Listener” Blackwood, Algernon: “The Willows” Brontë,...

Second in our series of 25 Popular Novels, this collection features books that have been treasured for generations. Each book has been edited, proofed, and formatted to provide a great reading experience. Also, Includes an active table of contents so you can use your NOOK's GOTO CHAPTER feature to...

These novels are H.P. Lovecraft earliest writing 1897-1908. H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction. TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Alchemist (1908) The Beast In The Cave (1905)

This wonderful collection of books will bring adults back to their childhoods and create many happy memories for middle and young adult readers. This is a perfect collection for a long journey, rainy days, or for any quiet moments. Includes an active table of contents so you can use your NOOK's GOTO...

An American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents A Cigarette-Maker's Romance (1894) Saracinesca (1887) Man Overboard! (1903) The Little City of Hope...

Table of Contents - The American The Turn of the Screw The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 The Wings of the Dove, Volume 2 of 2 Daisy Miller The Ambassadors The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) What Maisie Knew The Turn of the Screw, a ghost story in which...

The Gothic has taken a revolutionary turn in this century. Today’s Gothic has fashioned its monsters and devils into heroes and angels and is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture. Nelson argues that this mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.