Gothic fiction

...pinged his way, one of the most important and transforming figures in British culture. Walpole (1717-1797) is best known for fathering Gothic fiction. His novel "The Castle of Otranto,'' which set the genre in motion, has never been out of...

In this article: Horace Walpole, Yale University, and Joshua Reynolds

"A sinister cabal of superior writers." Based in the United Kingdom, Hammer Film Productions has long been known for their Gothic horror movies, often re-imagining the 1930s Universal Monsters to much success. Movie fans in general will be...

In this article: Hammer Film Productions, Raquel Welch, Olinka Berova, Gothic horror, Janette Scott, Caroline Munro, Ursula Andress, Eva Bartok, and Nastassja Kinski

...to get her teenage audience to share. That is why she is willing to ham it up occasionally as she talks about Emily Bronte's Gothic novel in a recording studio at WGBH on a recent weekday. Now, the very phrase "literary classic'' is...

In this article: Emily Bronte, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations, William Shakespeare, IPod, and Catcher in the Rye

...together. I've got a new book deal that means I only have to write a book every two years." He adds: "I'm also writing a film script with a friend called Confessions of A Justified Sinner from James Hogg's Gothic novel which is great fun."

In this article: Roman Polanski, Hugh Grant, Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus, Gothic novel, and James Hogg

...it to them At the weekend, the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, were lined with mourners for the belated funeral of the master of Gothic fiction. A replica of his body was pulled through the city where he died and which is now claiming him...

In this article: Edgar Allan Poe, University of Virginia, Baltimore, John Allan, The Raven, Sigmund Freud, and The Premature Burial

...streets Edgar Allan Poe, master of the macabre, was finally given a funeral befitting his legacy as one of the great writers of Gothic fiction yesterday, 160 years after his mysterious death. Passersby gathered to witness some of the...

In this article: Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Hitchcock, Baltimore, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Raven, Cholera, The Pit and the Pendulum, and Syphilis

...with tales from the noir side, James Lasdun's new book of short stories reveals the author's origins as a talented poet and lover of Gothic fiction. Set mainly in the backwoods of upstate New York or in rain-soaked London, where Lasdun...

In this article: Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore, Federal Aviation Administration, Miami, Florida, The Cellar, and Bankruptcies

...Hardy and Charlotte Riley. And while it was not without its qualities, it highlights the near-impossibility of turning Bronte's wildly gothic novel into a successful and coherent drama. Thus far, Wuthering Heights has resisted all attempts...

In this article: Jane Austen, Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Andrew Davies, Gwyneth Paltrow, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, and Wuthering Heights

...in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" -- and not only for the characters in Round House Theatre's overheated stage version of Oscar Wilde's Gothic novel. Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has updated to the present day the tale of a beautiful,...

In this article: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, London, Gothic novel, and Andy Warhol

...imagination. Who wrote the popular Twilight series that became a pop culture phenomenon when it was adapted for the screen? Which Gothic novel by Bram Stoker brought to life one of the most infamous vampires of all time? Sesame Street's...

In this article: Twilight series, IP Address, Countess Elizabeth Bathory, Dracula, Count von Count, Bram Stoker, Gothic novel, Dracula, and HBO