Romantics Unbound | Romanticism Studies--Gothic

In the past few years, Gothic fiction has enjoyed an academic renaissance of sorts. Originally dismissed as mindless, decadent, or too excessively antirational, Gothic literature was not highly respected by its contemporary critics or by later literary scholars and academics. However, the efforts of some feminist, poststructuralist, and cultural materialist scholars have provided new insights into the ideological complexities and social function of this intriguing literary genre. There is much to study and appreciate in the aesthetic and political theories informing Gothic literature's graphic representation of emotional excess and social transgression. Furthermore, much can be gained by studying various intertextual relationships between selections of Romantic poetry and Gothic fiction. For example, Coleridge's very Gothic Rime of the Ancient Mariner directly informs the narrative structure, plot design, and theme of sin and redemption of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Below are a few fascinating links to Web pages and books that contribute significant information to the study of Gothic literature. If you discover other valuable Gothic studies pages, please e-mail me at dhogsett@nyit.edu.

Gothic Links | Books about Gothic Literature

Gothic Links
The International Gothic Association	This Web site, maintained by Michael Eberle-Sinatra, is the official site for the IGA, an academic association for the cultural study of Gothicism. It provides links to newsletters, journals, and other online research resources.
The Literary Gothic	Provides on-line information about the Gothic in literature, including author listings, title index, and a list of various associations and discussion groups devoted to the Gothic.
The Gothic: Materials for Study	A very nice hypertext anthology of background information, including an annotated bibliography.
The Gothic: Theory and Practice	This course home page provides a nice reading list, syllabus, and links to other resources.
The Gothic Literature Page	An excellent Web site with many links to a variety of on-line sources, including other sites, syllabi, texts, bibliographies, and critical sources.
Gothic Literature: What the Romantics Read	Maintained by Douglass Thomson, this site provides an interesting intertextual study linking major Romantic writers to the Gothic texts they read and that were popular during the high Romantic era.
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