For today’s post, I have decided to share a brief review of The Book of the Great Queen: The Many Faces of the Morrigan, from Ancient Legends to Modern Devotions by Morpheus Ravenna. This book is a complex text that examines the whole of the literature about the Morrigan deeply. This book is at…
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Literary Faery Queens
For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at three literary Faery Queens. I will briefly discuss each Faery Queen in her own short section. Gloriana ~Gloriana is the titular character of Edmund Spenser’s poem The Faerie Queene. While she is more of an overarching driving force than a character…
Read MoreMy Top 5 Favorite Gothic Villains and Anti-Heroes
For today’s post, I have decided to share a list of my five favorite male characters in Gothic literature. These characters are all villains or at least anti-heroes. They are the most fun male characters in these types of novels, after all! Without further ado, here is my list. Number 5: Mr.…
Read MoreThe Real Women in Edgar Allan Poe’s Life
Surprise! It’s a bonus post for this year’s Gothic Romance Week! Continuing with the Edgar Allan Poe theme, I wanted to do a post not on his work, but on the women we know inspired it! I will only be discussing here his mother and the women to whom he was either…
Read MoreThe Concept of Being Buried Alive in Edgar Allan Poe’s Works
For the final day of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to take a look at the concept of being buried alive as it is used in Poe’s works. The thought of possibly being buried alive is a core fear for many people, making the appearance of this in fictional works a truly horrifying…
Read MoreLenore Poem Analysis
For day six of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to do an analysis of Poe’s poem Lenore. I have found the poem’s text on poets.org. Once again, I thought this would be a line-by-line analysis, but I have found with Poe, I prefer to do a stanza-by-stanza style analysis instead. Lenore Edgar…
Read MoreDeath and the Maiden in Edgar Allan Poe’s Works
For day five of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to take a look at the Death and the Maiden motif as used in Poe. I did a video that spoke to this principal a few weeks ago. In this post, I will be going a bit deeper into why Victorians were so…
Read MoreLigeia, Poe’s Witchy Woman
For Femme Fatale Friday of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to write about Ligeia as Poe’s witchy woman! I have written about this story before, but it has been a long time so I am delighted to take the opportunity to feature this tale as my Femme Fatale Friday post for my Edgar…
Read MoreMy Top 10 Favorite Edgar Allan Poe Tales
For day three of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to do a countdown of my ten favorite Edgar Allan Poe Tales. Number 10: The Cask of Amontillado ~This tale is one that has to do with a plot to murder a friend through means of deceit. There is also the occurrence of…
Read MoreAnnabel Lee Analysis
For day two of Gothic Romance Week, I have decided to do an analysis of Annabel Lee. I had originally thought to do a line-by-line analysis, but I really enjoyed my stanza-by-stanza analysis of The Raven yesterday, so I will be doing the same thing with Annabel Lee today! Once again, I found…
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White Rose of Avalon 