Ep. 034 — Gothic Literature

From the Kulture Dads Podcast Archive: Ep. 034 — Gothic Literature

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Episode Description:
Mike and Dave go deep on some spooky shit and uncover the origins of Gothic literature, locating it in the broader context of Romanticism and the European rediscovery of its archaic roots. Along the way we talk about some of the most beloved authors of all time like Shelley, Stoker, and Poe, and show the continuum reaching from them to the weird fiction of Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
04:30 – What Is Gothic Literature?
07:15 – The Castle of Otranto & Origins of the Gothic
12:25 – Meaning of “Gothic” in the 18th Century
16:40 – Key Elements: Sublime, Romance, and Morality
19:35 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Protestant Symbolism
22:35 – Defining the Sublime
26:55 – Romanticism vs. Enlightenment
30:10 – Primitive & Past-Haunting Themes
35:25 – The Monk, Sexuality, and Early Transgression
40:45 – Arthur Machen’s The Great God Pan
47:45 – Gothic Fiction as Cultural Rebellion
48:25 – Odinic Spirit and Artistic Defiance
52:30 – From Gothic to Weird Fiction
54:50 – Mary Shelley, Brontë, and Late-Victorian Gothic
56:25 – Darwin’s Influence and the Expanding “Primitive”
59:35 – Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows
1:03:50 – Psychedelia, Madness, and the Gothic Mind
1:05:15 – Blurred Boundaries: Gothic, Weird, and Supernatural
1:06:35 – Poe, Lovecraft, and the Gothic Lineage
1:08:10 – Nationalism, Politics, and the Literary Mind
1:09:20 – Weird as the Next Evolution of Gothic
1:12:05 – Fate, Myth, and the Power of Wyrd
1:19:25 – Lovecraft, Cosmic Horror, and Degeneration
1:25:55 – Jungian Archetypes & Mythic Memory
1:32:05 – Paganism, Christianity, and Symbolic Tension
1:38:45 – Modern Horror & Cultural Decay
1:45:35 – The Death of the Sublime
1:52:55 – Romantic Hero vs. Modern Irony
1:59:25 – Final Reflections & Outro

Tags:
#gothicliterature #romanticism #lovecraft #edgarallanpoe #dracula #ArthurMachen #BramStoker #TheSublime #weirdfiction #ImperiumPress #kulturedads