The class meets on Mondays from 2-3.30pm, in Arts 215.
| Date | Topic | |
| Mon 22 July | Introduction: the Victorians and fantastic literature Introduction to Gothic |
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| Mon 29 July | MONSTERS
Victorian culture and the monstrous |
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| Mon 5 August | Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | First short exercise due: Botting, “Gothic Returns” |
| Mon 12 August | Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles | |
| Mon 19 August | Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles HAUNTED HOUSES Women’s writing, Victorian domesticity and Gothic houses. Nesbit, “Man-Size in Marble” |
Second short exercise due; Edmunsen, “Uncomfortable Houses” and Wallace, “Uncanny Stories” |
| Mon 26 August | Nesbit, “John Charrington’s Wedding”, Gaskell, “The Old Nurse’s Story” |
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| 31 August – 8 September | 10-DAY VAC | |
| Mon 9 September | Poe, “Fall of the House of Usher” VAMPIRES The vampire as symbol |
FIRST ESSAY: Monster topic due |
| Monday 16 September, | LeFanu, “Carmilla” | |
| Mon 23 September | LeFanu, “Carmilla” Stoker, Dracula |
SECOND ESSAY: Haunted Houses topic due |
| Mon 30 September | Stoker, Dracula | |
| Mon 7 October | Stoker, Dracula In-class writing exercise |
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| Mon 14 October | Writing exercise feedback | THIRD ESSAY: Vampire topic due |
| Tues 22 October | Exams start |