Mastodawn

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

I loved the slow, atmospheric, claustrophobic, tension building first half and then the reveal around halfway just took this to a whole new level. Rebecca's presence engulfs everything and whilst you don't know her, you do at the same time. Masterful.

#bookstodon #Reading #BookReview #ClassicLiteratureFiction #ClassLit #gothicliterature

Rob Feb 28

It took me a good third to get into Rebecca, but now two thirds in, I'm obsessed!

#Bookstodon #classicliterature #gothicliterature

FID Anglo-American Culture Feb 5

New book alert! 🚨
How did #EnglishLiterature writers of the 18th & 19th c depict Nordic traditions such as #folklore or pagan religion in their #GothicLiterature ? Find out in "Nordic Terrors" by Robert W. Rix - now in our collection: https://s.gwdg.de/5xgTYQ

#Gothic #LiteraryStudies #Scandinavia

JeeprCreepr Jan 20

The Sandman (E.T.A. Hoffmann, 1816) is a funny story bc the main character won't accept his loving girlfriend being concerned about him teetering on the edge of delusion to the point that when he goes to university he immediately falls for a woman who (1/3)

#gothic-literature #eta-hoffman

Valdeloire Jan 19

Трагічне життя Едгара Аллана По.
https://buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/mivetohere

#ЕдгарАлланПо #літератураXIXстоліття #готичнапроза #детективнийжанр #таємницясмерті
#EdgarAllanPoe #GothicLiterature #DetectiveFiction #DarkRomanticism #LiteraryMystery

Orion Blackvein Jan 17

Blackthorn Castle does not fear time.
It feeds on it.

Immortality here is not blood—it is memory, inheritance, and decay stretched across centuries.
Some places don’t haunt people.
They choose them.

#GothicHorror #VampireFiction #DarkFiction #HorrorWriting #DraculaInspired #GothicLiterature

Foxside Dec 8

I'm planning my #GothicLiterature class for next semester, and I'm tired of the (generally) chronological structure. So, here is my current #MindMap of the semester.

Columbus - Feeds Oct 28

Movie Review: Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” is not faithful to the novel, but that isn’t a bad thing - Grayson Newbourn

Movie Review: Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” is not faithful to the novel, but that isn’t a bad thing

When someone says Frankenstein, the same, stereotypical image pops into people’s heads — a tall, green, stitched-up man with prominent neck bolts, a flat head and tired eyes. For more than 200 years, the classic novel by Mary Shelley has entertained people all over the world, prompting multiple film and television adaptations, attractions and cementing […]

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