Exhibit:

Gothic Afterlives Gallery

Preview of images

This gallery collects examples of the ‘afterlives’ of the Victorian Gothic – the ways in which it has persisted into the 20th/21st centuries in literature and in all kinds of popular culture forms – movies, TV, podcasts and other online narratives, manga, anime, comic books , photographs and images – almost any form you can think of. Students in the class are collecting these and contributing them to the gallery from which we draw examples we’ll look at at the end of each class.  

Images in this Exhibit

The Fatal Lozenge (1960) by Edward Gorey

A page from The Fatal Lozenge (1960) by Edward Gorey. This particular page depicts themes of isolation and madness, which are prevalent in Gothic literature. However, the majority of Edward Gorey's work is heavily inspired by the Gothic and often depicts and tells stories of family, murder, crumbling manses, castles, et cetera. 
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962) by Shirley Jackson.

The first paragraph of We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962) by Shirley Jackson. This novel includes themes of family, tragedy, home, and isolation, some of which are present in the very first paragraph.