![]() ![]() Some authors explore this through the invention of fictional plagues, while others use myth and monsters as metaphor for transmitting disease. The pandemics of the past and the present force us to confront our mortality and fears around infection and contagion. ![]() As Gothic literature developed, many authors-particularly in the Victorian era-had their own lives touched by such infectious diseases as tuberculosis, cholera, scarlet fever, and typhoid. You can’t build an entire genre around nostalgia for the Middle Ages without grappling with the Black Death-a devastating plague that swept through Europe in the 1300s, killing millions. The Gothic, in particular, has always had a fascination with contagious illness. And while I know for some of you, death and disease are the last things you want to read about right now, for many others literature is a place where we can process and confront our anxieties. The spread of COVID-19 is taking over our lives right now. Alicia on Podcasts to Check Out If You Love This Blog!.Tul Negro on Podcasts to Check Out If You Love This Blog!.TheGothicLibrarian on Podcasts to Check Out If You Love This Blog!.Review of Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous.Podcasts to Check Out If You Love This Blog!.Review of Certain Dark Things-Vampire Noir.Review of From the Abyss-Overlooked Weird Fiction.
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