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The English Teacher Looks at Gothic Literature and Its Descendants

An offshoot Of Romanticism, Gothic Literature emphasized the subjective worlds of imagination and dreams, of terror and of the subconscious, over strict rationalism. In so doing, it laid the groundwork for some of the most popular genres of fiction -
Romance, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Thrillers, and Science Fiction. It also laid out a set of moods, motifs, and narrative styles that have influenced literary forms ranging from Social Commentary to Surrealism. Our Maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast lists 100 works, both key gothic texts and some surprising and not-so-surprising examples of lIterary works influenced by them.
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Ancient Images (Ramsey Campbell)
Ancient Images
1
Ramsey Campbell
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
2
William Faulkner
Audrey's Door
Audrey's Door
3
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
4
James Ellroy
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
5
Charles Dickens
Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
Caleb Williams
6
William Godwin
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
7
H.P Lovecraft
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
8
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
9
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
10
Dan Simmons
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
11
Horace Walpole
Children of the Night
Children of the Night
12
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
13
Edgar Allen Poe
The Curse of the Kings (Victoria Holt)
The Curse of the Kings
14
Victoria Holt
Dark Carnival (Ray Bradbury)
Dark Carnival
15
Ray Bradbury
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon
16
Clark Ashton Smith
Dark Enchantment (Dorothy Macardle)
Dark Enchantment
17
Dorothy Macardle
The Devil in Velvet (John Dickson Carr)
The Devil in Velvet
18
John Dickson Carr
The Devil Rides Out (Dennis Wheatley)
The Devil Rides Out
19
Dennis Wheatley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
20
Bram Stoker
Dragonwyck (Anya Seton)
Dragonwyck
21
Anya Seton
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Dreams in the Witch House
22
Fire, Burn! (John Dickson Carr)
Fire, Burn!
23
John Dickson Carr
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
24
Mary Shelley
The Gabriel Hounds (Mary Stewart)
The Gabriel Hounds
25
Mary Stewart
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
26
Peter Straub
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
27
Charles Dickens
The Great God Pan & Other Stories (Arthur Machen)
The Great God Pan & Other Stories
28
Arthur Machen
The Haunted Hotel and Other Stories
The Haunted Hotel and Other Stories
29
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
30
Shirley Jackson
Hell House (Richard Matheson)
Hell House
31
Richard Matheson
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
32
Elizabeth Kostova
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
33
Arthur Conan Doyle
The House Next Door (Anne Rivers Siddon)
The House Next Door
34
Anne Rivers Siddon
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
35
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson)
The House on the Borderland
36
William Hope Hodgson
The House on the Strand (Daphne Du Maurier)
The House on the Strand
37
Daphne Du Maurier
The Hungry Moon (Ramsey Campbell)
The Hungry Moon
38
Ramsey Campbell
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
39
Anne Rice
It (Stephen King)
It
40
Stephen King
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