Gothic Literature and Film

• Gothic
• Southern Gothic
• British Romanticism
• Dark Romanticism
• Romanticism
• British Gothic
• American Gothic
• Terror/Terror Stories
• Gothic Literature
• Gothic Fiction
• The Sublime
• California Gothic
• Supernatural
• Horror
• Penny Dreadfuls

LC Call numbers ranges:

PN1993-1999 Motion pictures

PR1-9680 English literature

PR1-56 Literary history and criticism
PR57-78 Criticism

PR750-890 Prose
PR767-818 By period
PR821-890 Prose fiction. The novel

PS1-3576 American literature

PS360-380 Prose
PS370-380 Prose fiction

(Try these as search terms too!)

• Anti-hero
• Supernatural Forces
• Fascination with death, decay
• Corruption (often of human nature)
• Fascination with misdeeds of the past
• Doppelgangers
• Black Humor
• The Sublime
• Paranoia
• Madness
• Religious Misdeeds or Guilt (Southern Gothic)
• Dark, often haunted settings (Abbeys, Graveyards, Castles)
• The Supernatural/Ghosts
• Disintegration of the American Dream (American/"California" Gothic)

This guide was created by Jessica Critten, 2011