Very interesting, incisive talk. Enjoyed it very much. Where would you put such tales as DER GOLEM and/or MELMOTH THE WANDERER in this literary field? I see films like ALIEN and, maybe more se, its low budget progenitor IT THE TERROR...) as modern interpretations of the Gothic tale. Giant space-going vessels as metal castles, the aliens as demons/blood drinkers and such, space travelers as the lone wanderers who stumble into the strange worlds that challenge all that is normal and safe. Often projects that come loaded with lots of Freudian and Jungian archetypal settings. I'll be looking to listen to more of your talks along the lines you discuss here. Easing into Halloween season is always a sublime experience. Thanks for this video!!
So my favorite English gothic novel is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. But I didn’t like Wuthering Heights by her sister. I was forced to read both in high school and I still remember all the discussions about atmosphere, themes, and the supernatural in both novels. I had a great English teacher in high school that helped me appreciate all types of literature.
Wuthering Heights is only gothic if you overlook the redeemed couple, Catharine and Hareton. They are the same soul, one damned and one redeemed by a life of trials and self restraint until they appreciate the gift of Love. For some reason the fallen have captured the Hollywood romantic imagination. It's worth mentioning that the lost soul Eve is called Cathy and the saved Eve is the grown up, dignified name, Catharine. Emily was simply writing Genesis and Salvation....without any preachy language. The saving power of the Incarnation is in secret, hidden, yet real, not churchy. All it needs is being a good sport where ever you find yourself...another term for faith.
I read Castle of Otranto, and read in the introduction, there there were over a thousand gothic novels written through the mid 1800s inspired by it, many by one publisher, Minevera Press. I found a lot of out of print books on Google Books. A few are masterpieces, like "The Witch of Ravensworth" but most arent great and rip off each other, but there's something intriguing about reading a Gothic book that's almost forgotten."Castle of Villeroy", by Ann of Kent is a fun one that doesn't get much attention. There's another one "Villeroy" that's good but very verbose
I’m with you I like my Gothic to be supernatural !Generally dissappointed when not though some have had a great thriller/mystery element to them even when the cause has a human element
If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost, you can't see. I read the original Canterville Ghost story but didn't care for it, it is more of a comedy. I prefer either the 1986 TV movie (nostalgia) or the 1996 TV movie with Patrick Stewart as the Ghost (Patrick's acting was awesome).
As I commented on your other video, the said timestamp is 24:54 (Where I think a little clarification - maybe an analysis in depth of comparing the "3 Gothic Monsters Trope" - would be fine as a video). Additionally, I'd like to also question: Could you maybe elaborate on what makes a true Gothic-core Trope, if you ever has ever considered this, please? Thank you, for yor patience!!!
Gothic to me is the world without Christmas...which is pure gloomy fantasy. Shakespeare was God's way of preserving the mystery plays and all the fun and glory and faith of the old Faith. That's why Puritans hated him....they got it. They also hated Handel's Messiah. Shakespeare's dad kept Edmund Campion's little book hidden in the attic...the brave jesuit was hanged, drawn, and quartered. I don't think anybody who knows about WWI believes in human progress. The veterans sure did not.
My friend Hugh Brown saved the Flannery O'Connor house here next to the Cathedral. Many see her more as a Manichee than a Christian. My children were baptized at her home church, Sacred Heart.....a devotion I wonder if she agreed with!
Very interesting, incisive talk. Enjoyed it very much.
Where would you put such tales as DER GOLEM and/or MELMOTH THE WANDERER in this literary field?
I see films like ALIEN and, maybe more se, its low budget progenitor IT THE TERROR...) as modern interpretations of the Gothic tale. Giant space-going vessels as metal castles, the aliens as demons/blood drinkers and such, space travelers as the lone wanderers who stumble into the strange worlds that challenge all that is normal and safe. Often projects that come loaded with lots of Freudian and Jungian archetypal settings.
I'll be looking to listen to more of your talks along the lines you discuss here. Easing into Halloween season is always a sublime experience. Thanks for this video!!
So my favorite English gothic novel is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. But I didn’t like Wuthering Heights by her sister. I was forced to read both in high school and I still remember all the discussions about atmosphere, themes, and the supernatural in both novels. I had a great English teacher in high school that helped me appreciate all types of literature.
oh my goodness!! mine as well- i adored jane eyre! i didnt realize it was gothic, but my style is completely gothic! how lovely x
Wuthering Heights is only gothic if you overlook the redeemed couple, Catharine and Hareton. They are the same soul, one damned and one redeemed by a life of trials and self restraint until they appreciate the gift of Love. For some reason the fallen have captured the Hollywood romantic imagination. It's worth mentioning that the lost soul Eve is called Cathy and the saved Eve is the grown up, dignified name, Catharine. Emily was simply writing Genesis and Salvation....without any preachy language. The saving power of the Incarnation is in secret, hidden, yet real, not churchy. All it needs is being a good sport where ever you find yourself...another term for faith.
The Brontes were big fans of Anne Radcliffe
My favourite was “Wuthering Heights” to obsession For awhile nothing compared !
@@KerrieKruegner oh yes!
I read Castle of Otranto, and read in the introduction, there there were over a thousand gothic novels written through the mid 1800s inspired by it, many by one publisher, Minevera Press. I found a lot of out of print books on Google Books. A few are masterpieces, like "The Witch of Ravensworth" but most arent great and rip off each other, but there's something intriguing about reading a Gothic book that's almost forgotten."Castle of Villeroy", by Ann of Kent is a fun one that doesn't get much attention. There's another one "Villeroy" that's good but very verbose
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I’m with you I like my Gothic to be supernatural !Generally dissappointed when not though some have had a great thriller/mystery element to them even when the cause has a human element
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost, you can't see.
I read the original Canterville Ghost story but didn't care for it, it is more of a comedy. I prefer either the 1986 TV movie (nostalgia) or the 1996 TV movie with Patrick Stewart as the Ghost (Patrick's acting was awesome).
i love love love this video!
As I commented on your other video, the said timestamp is 24:54 (Where I think a little clarification - maybe an analysis in depth of comparing the "3 Gothic Monsters Trope" - would be fine as a video). Additionally, I'd like to also question: Could you maybe elaborate on what makes a true Gothic-core Trope, if you ever has ever considered this, please?
Thank you, for yor patience!!!
My Scottish grandfather and his family were persecuted for being Catholic in Scotland America was very anti Catholic for a lot of its history
The gothic deals with darkness and light it may be presented through religion sometimes Catholic often not but yes dark and light good and evil
Gothic to me is the world without Christmas...which is pure gloomy fantasy. Shakespeare was God's way of preserving the mystery plays and all the fun and glory and faith of the old Faith. That's why Puritans hated him....they got it. They also hated Handel's Messiah. Shakespeare's dad kept Edmund Campion's little book hidden in the attic...the brave jesuit was hanged, drawn, and quartered. I don't think anybody who knows about WWI believes in human progress. The veterans sure did not.
My friend Hugh Brown saved the Flannery O'Connor house here next to the Cathedral. Many see her more as a Manichee than a Christian. My children were baptized at her home church, Sacred Heart.....a devotion I wonder if she agreed with!