The rise of gothic literature is related to the manifestation of what we see on films, cinema and art that's so called "pop goth", in this episode I will talk about the historical background in which the genre appeared, and the relationship between pop culture and contemporary gothic fiction.       Novels/Short stories mentioned:  Dracula  the castle of Otranto  wuthering heights/ Jane Eyre  the fall house of usher/ the tell-tale heart/ the black cat  the picture of Dorian gray  the woman in black  the haunting of hill house  the legend of Sleepy Hollow  the woman in black DR Jekyll and Mr Hyde Frankenstein Sources: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/SBU4%2BHumanities%2Band%2BFocal/Repcap%2Bextracts/9780415806763_extract.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjTz5qWidzyAhVdDmMBHRsbAM4QFnoECAMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0RgcUuW_--Ywi9ABCIzVIg&cshid=1630440782246 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/880&ved=2ahUKEwjw4ei2idzyAhXOD2MBHUYGC8MQFnoECAMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3IHuy0M4uR9kheqKI4EfZa