{"id":17213,"date":"2023-10-21T14:39:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T21:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=17213"},"modified":"2024-10-03T17:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T00:16:21","slug":"gothic-literature-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifting the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"'Moonlit Landscape with a Gothic Ruin' painting depicts two figures on levy between two small lakes in front of the stone ruins of a large home with a nearby, sparse tree, clouds and the moon low in the distance\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Gothic fiction arose in 18th-century Britain and has since become a global phenomenon, influencing film, art and even fashion. (Image: Wikimedia Commons\/Sebastian Pether.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=arts-and-culture\">Arts and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Lifting the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  The haunting genre provides more than just thrills; it\u2019s also a way for us to explore our perception of reality, says a USC Dornsife English professor.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Margaret Crable<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">October 21, 2023<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 1.058837 1.0874543 2.51831502 1.6884158 4.03502747 1.6884158 1.44087681 0 2.80427251-.5423678 3.86936601-1.5289606l.1656615-.1594552 2.2321428-2.2321428-1.6311813-1.6311813-2.2321429 2.26076c-.6581959.658196-1.5167124 1.0016026-2.43246332 1.0016026s-1.7742674-.3434066-2.43246337-1.0016026c-.65819597-.6581959-1.00160257-1.5167124-1.00160257-2.4324633 0-.8547009.2991453-1.6595442.87416905-2.2981957l.12743352-.1342677 2.23214286-2.2321429zm6.88661855-.40736607-5.26116068 5.26116075 1.61881868 1.6188186 5.2611607-5.2611607zm1.3837569-5.54501488c-1.4408768 0-2.8042725.54236779-3.869366 1.52896062l-.1656615.15945513-2.23214282 2.23214286 1.63118132 1.63118132 2.2321429-2.23214286c.6581959-.65819597 1.5167124-1.00160256 2.4324633-1.00160256s1.7742674.34340659 2.4324634 1.00160256 1.0016026 1.51671246 1.0016026 2.43246337c0 .85470089-.2991453 1.65954419-.8741691 2.29819559l-.1274335.1342678-2.2321429 2.2321428 1.5739469 1.5739469 2.2321429-2.2321428c1.0874542-1.058837 1.6884157-2.5183151 1.6884157-4.03502751 0-1.51671245-.6009615-2.94757326-1.6884157-4.03502747-1.058837-1.08745421-2.518315-1.68841575-4.0350275-1.68841575z\" transform=\"translate(-3 -3)\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">Copy Link<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Facebook\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_facebook\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m23.9512 6h-16.9024c-.57923625 0-1.0488.46956375-1.0488 1.0488v16.9024c0 .5792362.46956375 1.0488 1.0488 1.0488h9.10024v-7.34768h-2.46772v-2.87584h2.46772v-2.11508c0-2.45404 1.49872-3.79012 3.68828-3.79012.7389668-.00263323 1.4775241.03516995 2.21236.11324v2.56348h-1.51392c-1.18788 0-1.4174.56544-1.4174 1.39612v1.8316h2.84772l-.37088 2.87584h-2.47684v7.34844h4.83284c.5792362 0 1.0488-.4695638 1.0488-1.0488v-16.9024c0-.57923625-.4695638-1.0488-1.0488-1.0488z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" transform=\"translate(-6 -6)\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">Facebook<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"X\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_twitter\">\n              <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\"\n\t y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 30 30\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 30 30\" xml:space=\"preserve\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\">\n<path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14.5,16.2l-0.8-1.1l-6.3-9h2.7l5.1,7.3l0.8,1.1\n\tl6.6,9.4h-2.7L14.5,16.2L14.5,16.2z M16.9,13.4l7.4-8.7h-1.8l-6.5,7.5L11,4.8H5l7.8,11.4L5,25.2h1.8l6.8-7.9l5.5,7.9h6L16.9,13.4\n\tL16.9,13.4z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">X<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#linkedin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Linkedin\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_linkedin\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m25 21.4220779c0 1.974026-1.6038961 3.5779221-3.5779221 3.5779221h-11.84415582c-1.97402598 0-3.57792208-1.6038961-3.57792208-3.5779221v-11.84415582c0-1.97402598 1.6038961-3.57792208 3.57792208-3.57792208h11.84415582c1.974026 0 3.5779221 1.6038961 3.5779221 3.57792208zm-14.5584416-12.21428569c-.98701295 0-1.60389606.61688311-1.60389606 1.48051949-.12337663.8636364.49350649 1.4805195 1.48051946 1.4805195.987013 0 1.6038961-.6168831 1.6038961-1.4805195 0-.86363638-.6168831-1.48051949-1.4805195-1.48051949zm1.3571429 12.70779219v-8.6363636h-2.83766234v8.6363636zm10.2402597 0v-4.9350649c0-2.5909091-1.3571428-3.8246753-3.3311688-3.8246753-1.4805195 0-2.0974026.8636363-2.4675325 1.4805194v-1.2337662h-2.8376623v8.6363636h2.8376623v-4.9350649c0-.2467532 0-.4935065.1233767-.7402597.1233766-.4935065.6168831-.987013 1.4805194-.987013.987013 0 1.4805195.7402597 1.4805195 1.974026v4.564935z\" transform=\"translate(-6 -6)\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">LinkedIn<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_bluesky\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#bluesky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Bluesky\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_bluesky\">\n              <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n                <path fill=\"#00000\" d=\"M12 10.8c-1.087-2.114-4.046-6.053-6.798-7.995C2.566.944 1.561 1.266.902 1.565C.139 1.908 0 3.08 0 3.768c0 .69.378 5.65.624 6.479c.815 2.736 3.713 3.66 6.383 3.364c.136-.02.275-.039.415-.056c-.138.022-.276.04-.415.056c-3.912.58-7.387 2.005-2.83 7.078c5.013 5.19 6.87-1.113 7.823-4.308c.953 3.195 2.05 9.271 7.733 4.308c4.267-4.308 1.172-6.498-2.74-7.078a8.741 8.741 0 0 1-.415-.056c.14.017.279.036.415.056c2.67.297 5.568-.628 6.383-3.364c.246-.828.624-5.79.624-6.478c0-.69-.139-1.861-.902-2.206c-.659-.298-1.664-.62-4.3 1.24C16.046 4.748 13.087 8.687 12 10.8\"  fill-rule=\"evenodd\" \/>\n              <\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">Bluesky<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_email\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"E-mail\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_print\">\n              <svg height=\"12\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 12\" width=\"18\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m8.14285714 9.42857143c-.17142857 0-.34285714 0-.51428571.08571428l7.28571427 6.34285719c.3428572.2571428.6857143.2571428.9428572 0l7.2857142-6.34285719c-.0857142-.08571428-.2571428-.08571428-.4285714-.08571428zm-1.28571428 1.11428567v.1714286 8.5714286c0 .6857143.6 1.2857143 1.28571428 1.2857143h14.57142856c.6857143 0 1.2857143-.6 1.2857143-1.2857143v-8.5714286c0-.0857143 0-.0857143 0-.1714286l-7.2 6.3428572c-.7714286.6857143-1.8857143.6857143-2.6571429 0z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" transform=\"translate(-6 -9)\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">Email<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n \n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The tropes are now well-worn. A dark castle, lashed by rain, in which strange sounds echo from hidden rooms. A host whose behavior is both disarming and slightly sinister. The glimmer of something white in a mirror \u2014 a ghost, or just a flash of moonlight?<\/p>\n<p>The trappings of Gothic literature might be a tad clich\u00e9, but the genre hasn\u2019t lost its allure since it first emerged in 18th-century Britain. That\u2019s because those rather campy hauntings and eerie manors are just a means to explore a much more intriguing mystery: the nature of reality itself.<\/p>\n<p>Gothic literature arose in part as a reaction to the Enlightenment, which was then reframing the world through objective science and rationality, says <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/margaret-russett\/\">Margaret Russett<\/a>, professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/engl\/\">English<\/a> at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. In response, many writers became interested in things that couldn\u2019t be so easily explained away, like the supernatural or the churning, irrational minds of humans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the beginning of an exploration of what we would now call \u2018the unconscious,\u2019\u201d says Russett, an expert in Gothic literature who provides some suggestions for readers who wish to dig into the genre. \u201cIt was about testing reality, and the ways that reality can fool you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 data-wp-editing=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/696\/696-h\/696-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Castle of Otranto<\/strong><\/a> (1764) by Horace Walpole<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17228 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_InStoryA.jpg\" alt=\"Cover art for &quot;The Castle of Otranto&quot; depicts a man and woman in 18th-century garb watching a knight in armor walk by\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" \/>The origin of the genre is generally traced to the publication of Horace Walpole\u2019s <em>The Castle of Otranto,<\/em> in 1764. His romance features an imprisoned heroine and strange supernatural events, including a giant, deadly helmet that falls from the heavens.<\/p>\n<p>Walpole made a few other key creative decisions that shaped the genre: He set his story in the past, the 12th century, and on the European continent, which the British then regarded as civilization\u2019s last frontier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn France or Italy, you could have your heroines plausibly kidnapped and immured in a dungeon. Those kinds of things weren\u2019t thought to happen in England in the late 18th century, but outside of Britain, and in an earlier time period, anything could happen,\u201d says Russett. Gothic tales could thus indulge in wild behavior and events that the modernizing \u201cAge of Reason\u201d was busily doing away with.<\/p>\n<p>The book was subtitled \u201ca Gothic story\u201d in reference to the medieval setting and its Gothic style castle. Later critics applied the label to other literary works that resembled Walpole\u2019s, although these early writers never actually used the term themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/3268\/3268-h\/3268-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Mysteries of Udolpho<\/strong><\/a> (1794) by Ann Radcliffe<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17229 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_InStoryB.jpg\" alt=\"Cover art for &quot;The Mysteries of Udolpho&quot; depicts an 18th-century woman holding a candle over a shirtless man lying half covered in bed\" width=\"135\" height=\"200\" \/>The themes of imprisonment and escape that permeated early Gothic literature, often in the form of damsels in dungeons, resonated with British women, who soon became essential contributors to the genre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many women were actually imprisoned by their husbands and fed on bread and water in the late 18th century? Probably not that many. How many felt imprisoned in their domestic situation or that their freedoms were radically circumscribed? Lots and lots, probably. The Gothic novel gave them a way to explore these anxieties,\u201d says Russett.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most influential female Gothic writer was Ann Radcliffe. Her four-volume <em>The Mysteries of Udolpho<\/em>, which details the fate of the orphaned Emily St. Aubert who gets locked in a castle by an Italian count, drew thousands of eager readers and sparked generations of imitators.<\/p>\n<p>Radcliffe, and those she inspired, weren\u2019t just interested in depicting female victimhood. \u201cThese novels are explorations of both freedom and oppression: How does a woman negotiate her way out of a situation in which her rights are being abrogated? They\u2019re a mode in which female characters can be heroes,\u201d says Russett.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/121\/121-h\/121-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Northanger Abbey<\/strong><\/a> (1817) by Jane Austen<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17230\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_InStoryC.jpg\" alt=\"Cover art for &quot;Northanger Abbey&quot; depicts a standing on concrete steps with fallen leaves scattered about and an 18th- or 19th-century city scape behind her\" width=\"121\" height=\"200\" \/>Radcliffe\u2019s enduring influence was so outsized that Jane Austen\u2019s first completed novel, <em>Northanger Abbey<\/em>, was written entirely as a parody of Radcliffe\u2019s brand of the Gothic feminine.<\/p>\n<p>Like most parodies, the story also ended up codifying the key elements of the genre it was sending up, says Russett. A na\u00efve yet plucky female heroine? Check. An older male villain with sinister designs? Check. A romantic interest who\u2019s a little on the ineffectual side? Check.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/1260\/1260-h\/1260-h.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jane Eyre<\/strong><\/a> (1847) by Charlotte Bronte<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17231 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_InStoryD.jpg\" alt=\"Cover art for &quot;Jane Eyre&quot; depicts a woman smiling like Mona Lisa and holding a small book in an awkward wrist position wearing an 18th- or 19th-century black dress and white lace\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" \/>In the mid-19th century, writers and sisters Ann, Charlotte and Emily Bronte helped revive the Gothic tradition with novels like Charlotte\u2019s <em>Jane Eyre<\/em>, in which an orphaned heroine finds both romance and terror on a country estate. The novel demonstrates how writers were becoming increasingly interested in the internal world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn <em>Jane Eyre<\/em>, for example, the heroine appears to be very self-contained and restrained, prudish even, but inside, there\u2019s this riot of passionate emotion going on,\u201d says Russett.<\/p>\n<p>The sisters grew up reading Radcliffe as well as the Romantic poets, for whom the natural world was a source of potent inspiration, explains Russet. \u201cThe Brontes\u2019 work is a synthesis, in some ways, of both the Romantic interest in landscape, self-expression, imagination and also the Gothic themes of imprisonment and escape,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/117647\/beloved-by-toni-morrison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Beloved<\/strong><\/a><strong> (<\/strong>1987) by Toni Morrison<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17232\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_InStoryE.jpg\" alt=\"Cover art for &quot;Beloved&quot; shows the word &quot;Beloved&quot; in red letters with the words &quot;A Novel&quot; in smaller, gray letters below it and the words &quot;Toni Morrison&quot; in green letters below and to the left of that. \" width=\"135\" height=\"200\" \/>Gothic writers are often regarded as secondary to great novelists, says Russett, but that\u2019s a mistake. \u201cIt\u2019s not like there\u2019s \u2018important fiction\u2019 and then there\u2019s Gothic fiction. Major works of American and British literature have borrowed some of the techniques of the Gothic novel,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>In Nathaniel Hawthorne\u2019s classic <em>Young Goodman Brown<\/em>, a strange vision of a witch\u2019s Sabbath sends the main character into a spiral of paranoia and self-isolation. Herman Melville, himself a devoted fan of Hawthorne, penned a now famous tale haunted by an inscrutable, ghostly whale.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison\u2019s <em>Beloved<\/em>, in which a malevolent, vampiric spirit torments a family of former slaves, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. Published more than 200 years after Walpole set the Gothic into motion, it\u2019s a demonstration of the genre\u2019s enduring power to illuminate the darkest corners of our reality.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong><br \/>\nExtra Credit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Looking for something a little more specific? Try these titles:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17214\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic-Lit_Sidebar.jpg\" alt=\"Composite of book cover art lined up from left to right: The Monk, Carmilla, First Love, The Shining, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner\" width=\"2000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic-Lit_Sidebar.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic-Lit_Sidebar-500x168.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic-Lit_Sidebar-1024x343.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic-Lit_Sidebar-768x257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic-Lit_Sidebar-1536x515.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Find more thrills in these Gothic works. (Composite: Letty Avila; Image sources: Penguin Classics; Createspace Independent Publishing Platform; ECCO Press; Doubleday; Open Road Media.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Blood and guts Gothic:<\/strong> <em>The Monk<\/em> (1796) by Matthew Lewis includes a murderous monk and cross-dressing clerics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For fang fans:<\/strong> Sheridan Le Fanu\u2019s <em>Carmilla <\/em>(1872) features the first female vampire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feminist Gothic:<\/strong><em> First Love: A Gothic Tale<\/em> (1996) by Joyce Carol Oates. \u201cIt\u2019s an exploration, not just of individual male villains, but also of patriarchy,\u201d says Russett.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thrills on film:<\/strong> <em>The Shining <\/em>(1977) by Stephen King swaps morose castle for haunted resort hotel and its later film treatment put the Gothic on celluloid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psychological thrills:<\/strong> One of Russett\u2019s favorites, <em>The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner<\/em> (1824) by James Hogg tells the same story twice, once from the perspective of its delusional protagonist, and again from the perhaps-as-delusional perspective of an enlightened editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Related Articles\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n                  <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/why-well-always-be-obsessed-with-and-afraid-of-monsters\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Why we\u2019ll always be obsessed with \u2013 and afraid of \u2013 monsters<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/article>\n              <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/deborah-harkness-interview-on-supernatural-science-history\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Deborah Harkness on the supernatural, science and history<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/article>\n              <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/how-did-halloween-get-spooky\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Halloween\u2019s celebration of mingling with the dead has roots in ancient Celtic celebrations of\u00a0Samhain<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The haunting genre provides more than just thrills; it\u2019s also a way for us to explore our perception of reality, says a USC Dornsife English professor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":17215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[55,1929,74,75],"class_list":["post-17213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","tag-books","tag-engl","tag-english","tag-humanities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lifting the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gothic fiction provides more than just thrills. Here are 5 of the genre\u2019s must-reads, according to a professor of English.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Expert lifts the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gothic fiction provides more than just thrills. Here are 5 of the genre\u2019s must-reads, according to a professor of English.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"USC Dornsife News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uscdornsife\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-21T21:39:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-04T00:16:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1150\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Darrin Joy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uscdornsife\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uscdornsife\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Darrin Joy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/851085523b73581e3387a7fc90cadb96\"},\"headline\":\"Lifting the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-21T21:39:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-04T00:16:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/\"},\"wordCount\":9,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"books\",\"engl\",\"english\",\"humanities\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Arts and Culture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/\",\"name\":\"Expert lifts the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-21T21:39:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-04T00:16:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gothic fiction provides more than just thrills. Here are 5 of the genre\u2019s must-reads, according to a professor of English.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1150,\"caption\":\"Moonlit Landscape with a Gothic Ruin. Gothic fiction arose in 18th-century Britain and has since become a global phenomenon, influencing film, art and even fashion. (Image: Wikimedia Commons\/Sebastian Pether.)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lifting the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"USC Dornsife News\",\"description\":\"USC Dornsife news and events\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"USC Dornsife News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/USC-Dornsife-Cardinal-Black-on-White-RGB.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/USC-Dornsife-Cardinal-Black-on-White-RGB.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":330,\"caption\":\"USC Dornsife News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uscdornsife\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/uscdornsife\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uscdornsife\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/USCCollege\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/uscdornsife\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/851085523b73581e3387a7fc90cadb96\",\"name\":\"Darrin Joy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6146fe42c51c04a279975fc6b76b6dd8e0953f02c4c058e244e6f3e9220652b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6146fe42c51c04a279975fc6b76b6dd8e0953f02c4c058e244e6f3e9220652b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Darrin Joy\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/author\/darrinjo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lifting the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature","description":"Gothic fiction provides more than just thrills. Here are 5 of the genre\u2019s must-reads, according to a professor of English.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Expert lifts the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature","og_description":"Gothic fiction provides more than just thrills. Here are 5 of the genre\u2019s must-reads, according to a professor of English.","og_url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/","og_site_name":"USC Dornsife News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uscdornsife","article_published_time":"2023-10-21T21:39:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-04T00:16:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1150,"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Darrin Joy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uscdornsife","twitter_site":"@uscdornsife","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/"},"author":{"name":"Darrin Joy","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/851085523b73581e3387a7fc90cadb96"},"headline":"Lifting the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature","datePublished":"2023-10-21T21:39:05+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-04T00:16:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/"},"wordCount":9,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg","keywords":["books","engl","english","humanities"],"articleSection":["Arts and Culture"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/","name":"Expert lifts the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-21T21:39:05+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-04T00:16:21+00:00","description":"Gothic fiction provides more than just thrills. Here are 5 of the genre\u2019s must-reads, according to a professor of English.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/Gothic_Reading_List_Top.jpg","width":2000,"height":1150,"caption":"Moonlit Landscape with a Gothic Ruin. Gothic fiction arose in 18th-century Britain and has since become a global phenomenon, influencing film, art and even fashion. (Image: Wikimedia Commons\/Sebastian Pether.)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/gothic-literature-recommendations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lifting the veil on history\u2019s best Gothic literature"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/","name":"USC Dornsife News","description":"USC Dornsife news and events","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"USC Dornsife News","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/USC-Dornsife-Cardinal-Black-on-White-RGB.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/USC-Dornsife-Cardinal-Black-on-White-RGB.jpg","width":1000,"height":330,"caption":"USC Dornsife News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uscdornsife","https:\/\/x.com\/uscdornsife","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uscdornsife\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/USCCollege","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/uscdornsife"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/851085523b73581e3387a7fc90cadb96","name":"Darrin Joy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6146fe42c51c04a279975fc6b76b6dd8e0953f02c4c058e244e6f3e9220652b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6146fe42c51c04a279975fc6b76b6dd8e0953f02c4c058e244e6f3e9220652b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Darrin Joy"},"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/author\/darrinjo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17213"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21730,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17213\/revisions\/21730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}