The Girl in the Mansion:
How Gothic Romances Became Domestic Noirs

Whatever happened to that girl? You know the one I mean: long hair, old-fashioned dress, with a dark, looming house in the distance and a look of anxiety on her face. She’s most often running from said dark house. The girl from the Gothic novels. I’m talking about the mid-20th century Gothic novels, not the … Continue reading The Girl in the Mansion: How Gothic Romances Became Domestic Noirs