Just finished 'The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales," which is a collection of, duh, Gothic short stories. As messed up as it is, Gothic fiction is fascinating on many levels, and this collection was especially interesting. It's a good read if you're looking for twisted psychology, entrapment, and/or patriarchal oppression. Enjoy.
Favorite Stories:
Goat Girl
Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin
If You Touched My Heart
Currently Reading:
Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious, by Gerd Gigerenzer
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Meh. Gothic fiction is always interesting, but I prefer the really messed up, perverted Gothic fiction to mere ghost mysteries.
Nice try, Radcliffe. I know you're a pioneer in Gothic fiction, but Austen was right to make fun of you.
Nice try, Radcliffe. I know you're a pioneer in Gothic fiction, but Austen was right to make fun of you.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Northanger Abbey
I really love Jane Austen, and Northanger Abbey is a keeper. It is a parody of Gothic Fiction (specifically, The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe) and it was clever.
Favorite Quotes:
"What ideas, Miss Morland, have you been admitting?"
"The heroine's father did not lock her away in the cellar as is the custom of one such story as this."
Favorite Quotes:
"What ideas, Miss Morland, have you been admitting?"
"The heroine's father did not lock her away in the cellar as is the custom of one such story as this."
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