Carmilla (2019): A Gothic Reading of Forbidden Desire and Female Narrative
In an era of repression, desires cast into the margins are inevitably forced to wear the mask of a “monster.” The awakening of identity—blooming beneath the smooth surface of a life woven with…
The Curse of Styria (2014): Repressed Desire, Seductive Ruin, and an In-Depth Reading of a Gothic Vampire Text
When repressed desire meets an isolated heart, salvation almost always arrives wearing the face of destruction. There are moments when a hand extended—one that offered seemingly boundless, irresistible salvation—reveals itself to be a…
