This chapter reassesses the history of psychic vampirism in Western literature and culture, providing a survey of its themes, evolutions, and major texts. Tracking the development of the phenomenon fr...

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Discover New Directions in the Ghost Story, Volume 1, a landmark collection of essays exploring haunted narratives and Gothic fiction.

Algernon Blackwood wrote in many broadly Gothic modes, from the traditional ghost story to pioneering tales of eco-horror. One largely unnoticed thread of thematic continuity running through much of h...

Blackwood's Canadian stories offer a version of Gothic wilderness-tourism terror, informed by an inherent ambivalence and repressed guilt about the British ‘colonizer’ entering traditional Indigenous ...

This article explores how Algernon Blackwood's spiritual and mystical beliefs complicate his relationship with the Gothic genre. Rather than adhering strictly to Gothic conventions, Blackwood blends s...