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When thinking of classic Gothic literature, there is always the association of dark, cloud filled, rainy skies. Terrible things happen during the night. Think of all those haunted house stories where the characters feel they would be safe if the only made it to sun up or if they stayed in the light. Be afraid […]
February 12, 2011 by Brian Kornell
One of the key ways Midwest Gothic separates itself from the other forms of Gothic literature is, obviously, through place. The Midwest is nothing like New England or the South. However, simply saying it takes place in Nebraska or Indiana is not enough. A strong sense of place is essential. The people, the places, in […]
January 30, 2011 by Jodee Stanley
Sherwood Anderson may be the writer most strongly identified with Midwestern literature — his Winesburg, Ohio is a canonical representation of life in the Heartland. Anderson’s stories make a bridge between Southern Gothic and what we identify as Midwest Gothic — in Southern Gothic literature, the grotesque elements are generally extravagant, played up in a […]
June 6, 2011 by Brian Kornell
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