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LIT 2000: Gothic Literature - Professor Surendar: Modern Gothic Authors

This LibGuide was created to aid Professor Brinda Surendar's LIT2000 course.

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Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)

Photograph of Margaret AtwoodBiography

Author's Website

 

Robert Bloch (1917-1994)

Photograph of Robert Bloch holding a bookBiography

 

Angela Carter (1940-1992)

Up-close photograph of Angela Carter's faceBiography

Author's Website

 

Bret Easton Ellis (b. 1964)

Ira Levin (1929-2007)

Carson McCullers (1917-1967)

Laura Purcell

Photograph of Laura PurcellAuthor's Website

 

Clive Barker (b. 1952)

Photograph of Clive Barker sittingBiography

Author's Website

 

Mark Danielewski (b. 1966)

Photograph of Mark DanielewskiBiography

Author's Website

 

  • The Familiar
  • House of Leaves
  • Only Revolutions

William Faulkner (1897-1962)

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)

Photograph of H.P. LovecraftBiography

 

Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

Truman Capote (1924-1984)

Truman Capote sitting in a wicker chairBiography

 

Daphne Du Maurier (1907-1989)

Zora Neal Hurston (1891-1960)

Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933)

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

Notes

All images in the public domain and used under the Creative Commons license. Margaret Atwood: Photography by Larry D. Moore at the 2015 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, licensed under CC 4.0. Clive Barker: By Steven Friederich - CliveIMG_0690, CC BY 2.0. John Berendt: Image from C-SPAN appearanceRobert Bloch: This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 27 February 2012, 07:10 by Алый Король. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated. Ray Bradbury: photo by Alan Light. Truman Capote: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.  Daphne Du Maurier by Bassano Ltd, © National Portrait Gallery, London; licensed under Creative Commons. Mark Danielewski: Image from author's website. Bret Easton Ellis: Image taken by Jeff Burton and upload to flickr. William Faulkner: This work is from the Carl Van Vechten Photographs collection at the Library of CongressZora Neale HurstonThis work is from the Carl Van Vechten Photographs collection at the Library of Congress. Stephen King: Image from author's website.  Ira Levin: Copyright held by New York Public Library. Cormac McCarthy: "Photo Credit: Joe Blackwell". Jacket design by Muriel Nasser; published by Random House. Carson McCullers This work is from the Carl Van Vechten Photographs collection at the Library of Congress. Toni Morrison: Photograph by Christopher Drexel on flickr. Flannery O'Connor: Photo by Joe McIntyre. Laura Purcell: Image from author's websiteAnne Rice: This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Anne Rice. H. G. Wells: This work is from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress