“No Way Out”: The Gothic Concept of Home in Shirley Jackson’s Horror Fiction
The “haunted house formula” is a central component in every Female Gothic narrative from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Typically, it revolves around a heroine trapped in a gloomy mansion, seeking to escape a male villain. This trope, which covertly explores feminine anxieties such as dome...
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MDPI AG
2024-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/5/125 |