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2 | THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO | 250 years since publication - the original Gothic story | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | OLD ENGLISH BARON | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | THE RECESS | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | CALEB WILLIAMS | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | THE MONK | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | CASTLE OF WOLFENBACH | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | VATHEK | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | THE NECROMANCER OF THE BLACK FOREST | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | FRANKENSTEIN | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | MELMOTH THE WANDERER | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | WIELAND | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | ZOFLOYA | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | THE ITALIAN | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | CLERMONT | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | ORPHAN OF THE RHINE | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | THE MIDNIGHT BELL | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | HORRID MYSTERIES | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | THE VAMPYRE | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | DRACULA | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | TURN OF THE SCREW | Include. Some Jamesian scholars would contest the fact that it is Gothic, but it is included in all surveys of the genre. | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | VARNEY THE VAMPIRE | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES | Include - because of 'Gothic curse' at centre and suggestion of supernatural agency. Plus the Gothic tyrant. | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW AND OTHER EERIE TALES | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
31 | MONSIEUR MAURICE | Debatably Gothic - but include, because of supernatural element, set 60 years in past and set overseas (Germany). | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | UNCLE SILAS | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | NORTHANGER ABBEY | Omitted because satire | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | NIGHTMARE ABBEY | Omitted because satire | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | ZASTROZZI | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | ST IRVYNE | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | WAGNER THE WEHR-WOLF | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
40 | COMPLETE TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE | Many Gothic tales included ('Fall of the House of Usher', 'Black Cat', 'Ligea' etc) | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | LILITH | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
42 | JANE EYRE | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
43 | WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | OLIVER TWIST | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
45 | BLEAK HOUSE | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
46 | LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel. Sensation novel in Wilkie Collins mould. | ||||||||||||||||||
47 | OUR MUTUAL FRIEND | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | EDWIN DROOD | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | LANCASHIRE WITCHES | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON | Although it deals with the underbelly of London life, there isn't actually much 'Gothic' in it. Certainly compared with Reynolds' other novel on the list - Wagner the Wehr-Wolf. Omit | ||||||||||||||||||
51 | THE WOMAN IN WHITE | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | MOONSTONE | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
53 | ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU | Omitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | SHE | Adventure story - but has many Gothic elements, so include. | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | THE UNINHABITED HOUSE | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
56 | THE YELLOW WALLPAPER | Include - uncertain if Gothic elements are a hallucination, but still Gothic atmosphere | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | A PHANTOM LOVER | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | THE BEETLE | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
59 | PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY | Not sure if it's entirely Gothic, but included in nearly all surveys of the genre - so include. | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | THE GREAT GOD PAN | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
61 | TRILBY | Borderline - omit because although there is a domineering tyrant and a persecuted virgin (the Gothic staples), there is nothing supernatural, no foreign setting, no spooky building & it is set entirely in present day. | ||||||||||||||||||
62 | HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES | Obviously a detective story rather than a 'straight' Gothic novel, but it plays with so many of the conventions that we have included it. | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | COMPLETE TALES OF MR JAMES | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | REBECCA | Include. A modern Gothic melodrama. | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | JAMAICA INN | Include | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | CAN SUCH THINGS BE? | Include. Though arguably the start of 'weird fiction' sub-genre | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | GORMENGHAST | Include because clearly set in Gothic milieu and uses almost all of the conventions. A novel out of time. | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | STORIES OF H.P.LOVECRAFT | Omitted because seems a sub-genre ('weird fiction') and here we are focussing on eighteenth and nineteenth centuries | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | NOVELS OF SHIRLEY JACKSON, ANNE RICE, STEPHEN KING | As above, 'horror fiction' seems a sub-genre and we are focussing on eighteenth and nineteenth centuries | ||||||||||||||||||
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