How Victorian melodrama turned the sweet music of gothic into something dark and sinister: In 1764, Horace Walpole published the first gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, set in a labyrinthine castle surrounded by woods. The novel features the supernatural, with a dark secret from the past at its core. Today, 260 years later, gothic …
Five works of Welsh gothic literature you should read this Halloween: Celebrate Nos Galan Gaeaf with some Welsh gothic fiction. zef art/Shutterstock Wales has sought to rediscover its identity and autonomy since the devolution referendum of 1997. Authors and publishers have embraced the gothic genre as a means of exploring Welsh language, culture and heritage …
Goblin mode: a gothic expert explains the trend’s mythical origins, and why we should all go ‘vampire mode’ instead: Arthur Rackham's illustration of the Victorian poem Goblin Market. British Library “Goblin mode” is taking the current pandemic-ridden world by storm. This state of being is defined by behaviours that feel reminiscent of deep lockdown days …
A nice South African City image: Mt Gambier. Mount Gambier. Venetian Gothic style Mt Gambier Institute built 1869. Image by denisbin Brief History of Mt Gambier – the second city of SA after Adelaide (region population nearly 35,000, urban 28,000). Lieutenant James Grant aboard the Lady Nelson sighted and named Mt Gambier in 1800 after …
I translated the Marquis de Sade’s only gothic novel into English: Wikimedia In 1813, a year before he died, the Marquis de Sade wrote his last published book, The Marquise de Ganges. The novel is based on a 17th-century true crime that Sade – notorious aristocrat, libertine and pornographer – probably first heard of as …
‘Gothic’ TV: high-quality modern horror series providing powerful roles for Hollywood’s older women: COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020 Meryl Streep once commented that when a woman in Hollywood turns 50, the only roles left for them to play are “gorgons or dragons or in some way grotesque”. That may well be true, but – as …
Rebecca and beyond: the creative allure of gothic Cornwall: Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca showcases the English county of Cornwall as a Gothic space of tumultuous waters, coarse moorlands, and perilous cliffs. Du Maurier’s Cornwall was a haunted place and the author was drawing upon a long tradition of seeing the …
A nice Paternoster image: Salisbury. The western wing of the primary school. No Gothic windows on this wing and it was built just three years after the eastern wing of 1876. Image by denisbin Charles James Blache Taplin had a licensed school in Salisbury from 1855 until his death in 1867. His wife Eliza Taplin …
Barcelona Gothic Quarter Morning Walking Tour Spend a morning taking a guided walk through Barcelona’s fascinating Gothic Quarter. It’s a great way to find your way around Barcelona and become familiar with the famous Gothic Quarter and its lively bars, tapas restaurants and trendy boutiques. Sold by Viator List Price: $ Price: $ 18.34 Save …