Source: Wikimedia Commons
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: NEIL GAIMAN (pronunciation)
Neil Gaiman - Read about Neil Gaiman on Britannica (*Tip: click on Reading Level 2 for simplified text, click on Tools B to translate)
Neil Gaiman bio - Read Neil Gaiman's bio + some Q&A.
Neil Gaiman's Books - browse a complete list of published books.
Neil Gaiman on the Origins of Coraline - Neil Gaiman discusses the making of Coraline the movie and how the book originated from a bedtime story to his own daughter.
THE GOTHIC GENRE
ELEMENTS OF GOTHIC LITERATURE
Elements of the Gothic Novel - This article details the features, settings and characters of Gothic Literature.
Top Ten Features of Gothic Literature - This video explains the top 10 features of Gothic Literature, including Castles, Extreme Emotion, the Supernatural and more.
Let's Write A Gothic Story & 5 Gripping Openings - This video series explores the structure of Gothic literature.
Features of Gothic Literature - This video explains the origins and conventions of Gothic literature, such as castles, extreme emotions and the supernatural.
Top 5 Gothic Settings - video
HISTORICAL ORIGINS
Development of Gothic Literature - This article provides a brief summary the origins of the gothic genre.
Gothic Fiction - This article details the origins of gothic fiction (*Tip: click on Reading Level 3 for a more detailed description, click on Tools B to translate the text)
The Castle of Otranto - The creepy tale that launched gothic fiction.
Spine-chillers and suspense: A timeline of Gothic fiction - Gothic novels have been scaring us for 250 years.
THE UNCANNY
"Freud defines the uncanny as an unfamiliar terrifying feeling that is familiar at the same time to an individual". (Source: English Class Ideas)
What does the word uncanny mean? How does the uncanny appear in literature? Professor Ray Malewitz answers these questions using examples from Sigmund Freud, Edgar Allan Poe, and common horror films.
Video (*Tip: slow down the playback time to 0.75 as the narrator speaks very fast!)
EXTRAS!..
Website for Movie Adaptation of Coraline - The first movie to fully use replacement faces on a 3D printer.