Subject and Course Guides: Gothic Literature: Notable Gothic Authors

Many of the classic Gothic novels are available in the public domain and can be accessed through HathiTrust, Google Books, and Project Gutenberg.

A few notable authors to search:

Edgar Allan Poe

Bram Stoker

Mary Shelley

Washington Irving

H.P. Lovecraft

Oscar Wilde

Victor Hugo

Charlotte Bronte

Gaston Leroux

Elizabeth Gaskell

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ann Radcliffe

Wilkie Collins

Jane Austen

James Hogg

William Thomas Beckford

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Horace Walpole

Notable Individuals & their Work

Mary Shelley Works
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Chronology & Resource Site
Shelley's Ghost
Few families enjoy such a remarkable reputation for their contribution to the literature and intellectual life of Britain as the Godwins and the Shelleys. Shelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family explores how the reputation of this great literary family was shaped by the selective release of documents and manuscripts into the public domain.
Horace Walpole works at Project Gutenberg
Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) is often regarded as the first true Gothic romance.
Bram Stoker on Project Gutenberg
Ann Radcliffe - British Library
Ann Radcliffe is one of the founders of Gothic fiction. Dale Townshend explores Radcliffe's works in terms of the Female Gothic and her unique distinction between terror and horror.