141. Haunted Histories: The Gothic Explained

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141. Haunted Histories: The Gothic Explained

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Rebecca Marks

Step into the dark and fascinating world of Gothic fiction—of vampires, ghosts, crumbling castles, and moonlit graveyards. With new adaptations like Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, the Gothic is enjoying a powerful revival. Historian Rebecca Marks traces the story of “the Gothic” from the Visigoths and Ostrogoths, through medieval architecture, to the first “Gothick” novels of the 1760s. Using the past to illuminate the present, Marks reveals why Gothic horror continues to haunt—and captivate—the modern imagination.