A History of Gothic Horror – Exploring the Sublime, Fantastical and Transgressive in Classic Books

Описание: Gothic fiction has been existing for as long as literature's haunted castles, and yet the success of its morbid horror has remained unbroken. This episode is going to unravel the mysteries of ancient tales and the awe-inspiring sublime.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
01:51 Gothic as the Barbaric
05:18 Graveyard Poetry as a Predecessor
08:15 The Gothic Revival and Gothic Horror Fiction
13:35 Materialism and Modernity as the Historical Background
23:43 The Sublime and the Concept of Horror
28:32 Conclusion

FILM MATERIAL

The film used in this episode is “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1928) by French filmmaker Jean Epstein. His Gothic masterpiece was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s short story with the same name and beautifully captures the wonders of a darkly fantastical world.

WHERE TO FIND ME

Website: https://www.phantasmagora.com/

PODCAST

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SOURCES

A Night-Piece on Death - Thomas Parnell - 1721

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful - Edmund Burke, 1757

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, 1818

Late Victorian Gothic Tales - Roger Luckhurst, 2009

The Gothic - David Punter and Glennis Byron, 2004

The Gothic Novel - David De Vore, 2011

The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe, 1845

MUSIC

“A Hoax” by Mary Riddle (Epidemic Sound)
“Ghouls” by Spectacles Wallet and Watch (Epidemic Sound)