North Smithfield High School Library: Gothic Literature:

The British Library:

• VIDEO: The Gothic (MOTIFS)
• VIDEO: The Gothic in Great Expectations
• The Gothic
• The Origins of The Gothic
• Gothic Motifs

VIDEO: Why the Victorian Mansion is a Horror Icon

VIDEO: Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film:

This 4 minute video shows many of the motifs that define Gothic works. 

How many can you identify?

Vanity Fair:

VIDEO: A History of Horror Movies: 1896-2018

Explores the evolution of horror in connection with societal issues.

"The Devil and Tom Walker"

by Washington Irving

(1824)

• AUDIO: "The Devil and Tom Walker" Read by Edward E. French

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

by Washington Irving 

(1820)

• AUDIO: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Read by ChapterVox

"The Hollow of the Three Hills"

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

(1830)

"Young Goodman Brown"

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

(1835)

• AUDIO: "Young Goodman Brown" Read by Emma Topping & Basil Rathbone

"The Birthmark"

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

(1843)

• AUDIO: "The Birthmark" Read by Barrow Bookstore

"The Oval Portrait"

by Edgar Allan Poe

(1842)

• AUDIO: "The Oval Portrait" Read by daringbarons

"The Masque of the Red Death"

by Edgar Allan Poe

(1842)

• AUDIO: "The Masque of the Red Death" Read by Basil Rathbone

"The Black Cat"

by Edgar Allan Poe

(1843)

• AUDIO: "The Black Cat" Read by Basil Rathbone

"Jean-ah Poquelin"

by George Washington Cable

(1879)

"The Veldt"

by Ray Bradbury

(1950)

• AUDIO: "The Veldt" - Read by Stephen Colbert
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III

"The Lottery"

by Shirley Jackson

(1948)

• AUDIO: "The Lottery" Read by Shirley Jackson
• VIDEO: "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
• VIDEO: Shirley Jackson short Bio.

"The Minority Report"

by Philip K. Dick

(1956)

• AUDIO: "The Minority Report" 
  • Part I
  • Part II

"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow"

by Ursula K. LeGuin

(1971)

"Bloodchild"

by Octavia Butler

(1984)

• AUDIO: "Bloodchild" Read by September

"St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves"

by Karen Russell

(2006)

• AUDIO: "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" Read by Clouded Jester

"A Rose for Emily"

by William Faulkner

(1930)

• AUDIO: "A Rose for Emily" Read by Debra Winger

"The Yellow Wallpaper"

by Charlotte Gilman Perkins

(1892)

• AUDIO: "The Yellow Wallpaper" Narrated by "The Gilbert Principle"
• VIDEO: "The Yellow Wallpaper" Crash Course in Literature
• "How Victorian Women were Oppressed through the use of Psychiatry" The Atlantic
• "Feminist Gothic in The Yellow Wallpaper"

"Why Honey?"

by Raymond Carver

(1976)

"The Nuclear Family: His Talk, Her Teeth"

by Katherine Dunn 

(1989)

(pgs. 9-13)

• ARTICLE: "Geeks: The Freak Show's Bloodiest Performers"

"Babycakes"

by Neil Gaiman

(1990)

• VIDEO: "Babycakes" by Neil Gaiman

"The White Road"

by Neil Gaiman

(1995)

• AUDIO: "The White Road" Read by Neil Gaiman

"Click Clack the Rattlebag"

by Neil Gaiman

(2012)

• AUDIO: "Click Clack the Rattlebag" read by Neil Gaiman

"Other People"

by Neil Gaiman

(2012)

• AUDIO: "Other People" read by Neil Gaiman 

Bloody Fairy Tales:

• "Mr. Fox" by Joseph Jacobs
• "The Robber Bridegroom" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
• "The History of Bluebeard" - An 1810 version!
• "Fitcher's Bird" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
• VIDEO: "A Lady's Hands are Cold" by Emily Carroll

"Graveyard Shift"

by Stephen King

(1970)

• AUDIO: "Graveyard Shift" (Audiophile Archive)

"Popsy"

by Stephen King

(1993)

• AUDIO: "Popsy" Read by Laura Hurwitz

"The Night Flier"

by Stephen King

(1997)

• AUDIO: "The Night Flier" Ready by Frank Muller

"The Bloody Chamber"

by Angela Carter 

(1979)

pgs. 2-26

• AUDIO: "The Bloody Chamber" (ExLibris)

"The Lady of the House of Love"

by Angela Carter

(1979)

AUDIO: "The Lady of the House of Love" (Internet Archive)

The Virgin Suicides

by Jeffrey Eugenides

(1993)

• AUDIO: The Virgin Suicides Read by Jenny Juniper
  • Part I
  • Part II

"The Whole Town's Sleeping"

by Ray Bradbury

(1950)

• AUDIO: "The Whole Town's Sleeping" (Old Time Radio Podcasts)

"The October Game"

by Ray Bradbury

(1980)

• AUDIO: " The October Game" Read by A Poetry Channel

"The Summer People"

by Shirley Jackson

(1950)

• AUDIO: "The Summer People" Read by Maureen Stapleton
• "The Summer People" by Shirley Jackson (connections/meaning)

The Haunting of Hill House 

by Shirley Jackson

(1959)

• AUDIO: The Haunting of Hill House Read by Richard Human

"Where are you Going, Where have you Been?"

by Joyce Carol Oates

(1966)

• "The Pied Piper of Tucson" by Don Moser
• "It's all over now Baby Blue" by Bob Dylan (Audio)
• "It's all over now Baby Blue" by Bob Dylan (Lyrics)
• VIDEO: "Where are you going, Where have you been?"

"The Wife's Story" 

by Ursula K. LeGuin

(1982)

• AUDIO: "The Wife's Story" read by Amanda Condra