Gothic novels have been scaring us for 250 years ... A literary success in the Victorian era, the tale has lived on and (like Frankenstein and Dracula) its characters have transcended the original ...

The framed image of a woman with a sinister past. These familiar tropes from 1790s novels and tales exploded onto the English literary scene in 'low-brow' titles of Gothic romance. Surprisingly, ...

Described as the first Victorian Gothic novel to combine elements of psychological ... one of the sisters is discovered – but she’s the same age as when she disappeared. Whether you’ve ...

Please contact Liverpool University Press for availability about this product This study considers how British literature from the late-Victorian era to the 1930s draws upon Gothic and supernatural ...