Gothic Mysteries

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This course explores the major Gothic texts of the nineteenth century and early twentieth, including works by English, Irish, and Russian writers. It examines the spatial, architectural, and archeological features of the Gothic, as well as the tropes, motifs, and linguistic patterns that are the hallmark of the genre. Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Sologub, Sidney Owenson (Lady Morgan), Jean Rhys, and Neil Jordan are among the writers studied.