”Alone” by Edgar Allan Poe
From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring— From the same source I have not taken My sorrow—I could not awaken My heart…
January 31, 2022
Ghost House, Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Ghost House, one of Robert Frost’s best poems, transports us to the remains of an old abandoned house, a farm, perhaps. Its spectral nature has nothing to do with the presence of ghosts, but with the memory of its former…
Vampires and Crucifixes
The image is familiar, and even tiring, to all horror movie lovers: an academic vampire hunter, for example, Abraham Van Helsing, faces a vampire who flees in terror in the presence of a crucifix. The idea that vampires hate crosses…
The Biology Of Horror: Gothic Literature And Film – Analysis
The Biology of Horror: Gothic Literature and Film is a book by researcher Jack Morgan, published in 2002. The Biology of Horror sets out to examine the heart of the Gothic genre. To do this, Jack Morgan analyzes the core…
I Measure Every Grief I Meet – Emily Dickinson
I measure every Grief I meet With narrow, probing, eyes – I wonder if It weighs like Mine – Or has an Easier size. I wonder if They bore it long – Or did it just begin – I…
