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the modern gothic tale
Sep. 16th, 2008 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joysilenceLJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY dfordoom)
I think part of the reason I wasn't overly impressed by some of the modern stories in The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales was that I wasn't really convinced they were all that gothic. I'm not even sure there actually is such a thing as a modern gothic tale, as distinct from modern horror tales.
dfordoom)I think part of the reason I wasn't overly impressed by some of the modern stories in The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales was that I wasn't really convinced they were all that gothic. I'm not even sure there actually is such a thing as a modern gothic tale, as distinct from modern horror tales.
