Essay examines how the decay of the castle in Gothic literature works as a metaphor for the decay of Protestant society.

Directory offers links to various essays about Gothic poetry, "Frankenstein," supernatural drama, and the Gothic in England.

Essay examines the various approaches literary critics have taken to discussing the Gothic and why they have failed.

Check out textual excerpts from Gothic works, like "The Monk," and works of Gothic criticism, like "Gothic Sublimity," that explore the sublime.