... on Levin’s novels, particularly Rosemary’s Baby (1967). It examines his use of gothic themes and motifs, along with urban and suburban gothic styles. In doing so, the chapter establishes the lineage from which The Stepford Wives derives. Gothic Uncanny Female Gothic Urban...

...Focussing on Barbara Comyns’ first three novels, published between 1947 and 1956, Nick Turner asserts the originality of an undeservedly neglected writer. Comyns anticipates the female gothic and the Second Wave feminist impulse through her oppressed and vulnerable female characters. The essay...

... female gothic thriller that advanced a daring condemnation of slavery and colonialism at a time when such themes were being suppressed by government censors. Clive Dawson charts the complex development and production of the project, essential to understanding the concerns of the filmmakers in the context...

... of Wolves Neil Jordan Female Gothic fairy tales werewolf films Angela Carter The Bloody Chamber Gothic horror The Company of Wolves is a dark fantasy film quite unlike any other. A meditation on the horrors of the adult world, and of adult sexuality, as glimpsed through the dreams...

..., and stories within stories, which lead further into the dark woods of the protagonist's psyche, as she finds herself on the cusp of womanhood. The book explores all these aspects, as well as placing the film in the context of the careers of its creators and its position as an example of the “Female Gothic.”...