The following writing ideas are from a LATE/NWP writing workshop at the British Library, 9 October 2014. The workshop was part of a conference for teachers exploring the British Library's exhibition, 'Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination', 3 October - 20 January 2015.
1b Gothic Lexicon
abbey ancestor armour beast beauty bell betrayal black magic blood blurred boundaries Bronte castle cave claustrophobia Christabel collapse crucifix dark door doppelganger Dracula dread dream dungeon echo eclectic erotic fainting force forgery forest Frankenstein frenzy ghost Gormenghast graveyard guilt hesitation house
hybrid impulse irrational labyrinth lips lock lord madness mascara mask menace mist monk monster moonlight murder mystery nightmare occult omen passage passion patriarch precipice priest promise purity raven repression ruin ritual sacrifice secret self-parody shadow shame storm subterfuge sunset terror tomb tower undead unknown vampire vertigo villagers virgin wall werewolf whirlwind wilderness wonder zombie
hybrid impulse irrational labyrinth lips lock lord madness mascara mask menace mist monk monster moonlight murder mystery nightmare occult omen passage passion patriarch precipice priest promise purity raven repression ruin ritual sacrifice secret self-parody shadow shame storm subterfuge sunset terror tomb tower undead unknown vampire vertigo villagers virgin wall werewolf whirlwind wilderness wonder zombie