General Housekeeping
Later this week, we will begin reading "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.
This play is another example of what is considered Southern Gothic literature. You will begin to see how Stoker's vision of characters morphs slowly into something more dramatic in the hands of an American author. For those of you in my English class, you have already seen some glimpses of this in "To Kill A Mockingbird."
You will also see how the Southern Gothic writers take on the same social issues being discussed in Dracula. They just do it a little differently.
Additionally, tell me how the play and the characters are examples of Southern Gothic.
Can you find examples from some of the 20th century representations of Southern Gothic literature that allude to what we traditionally refer to as European Gothic literature?
