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Gothic Shakespeares, Accents on Shakespeare Series

Readings of Shakespeare were both influenced by and influential in the rise of Gothic forms in literature and culture from the late 18th century onwards. Shakespeare’s plays are full of ghosts, suspense, fear-inducing moments and cultural anxieties which many writers in the Gothic mode have since emulated, adapted and appropriated. ‘Gothic Shakespeares’ considers: Shakespeare’s relationship with popular Gothic fiction of the 18th century; How, without Shakespeare as a point of reference, the Gothic mode in fiction and drama may not have developed and evolved in quite the way it did; The ways in which the Gothic engages in a complex dialogue with Shakespeare, often through the use of quotation, citation and analogy; The extent to which the relationship between Shakespeare and the Gothic requires a radical reappraisal in the light of contemporary literary theory, as well as the popular extensions of Gothic into many modern modes of representation