Curated OER
Dracula: Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA)
“There are often dangers from snow and wolves and night.” Bram Stoker’s “Dracula’s Guest,” which may or may not have been the first chapter of the original Dracula manuscript, is the focus of a Directed Reading Thinking Activity...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:tales of the Supernatural
Lesson explores the genre of Gothic literature. Includes discussion of Frankenstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe among others.
University of Maryland
Mary Shelley: The Last Man
This is the full text of Mary Shelley's futurist novel The Last Man. Set in the twenty-first century, the novel revolves around six characters whose lives, over time and continents, are among the supposedly final generation of humans on...
University of Maryland
Mary Shelley's Short Fiction
This index page links to the full text of four Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly short stories, including "The False Rhyme," "Ferdinando Eboli," "The Mourner," and "The Mortal Immortal."
University of Maryland
Excerpts From Mary Shelley's Letters
Excerpts from four different letters written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
University of Maryland
"The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Text of "The Mortal Immortal" written by Mary Shelley.
University of Maryland
"The Last Man": Apocalypse Without Millennium
A critical look at Mary Shelly's "The Last Man" and the idea (widely used in writing of that time) of the last man on earth.
Virtual Salt
Virtual Salt: A Glossary of Literary Terms
This site provides a long list of literary terms complete with full definitions and examples.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Literary Movements: Gothic, Novel, and Romance
This site defines and identifies characteristics for the Romance, the novel, and the Gothic novel. Uses good examples to distinguish between these genres.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
This Gothic-Romantic novel, set in Victorian England, chronicles the life of Jane Eyre: a plain governess who falls in love with her employer and discovers a terrible secret within Thornfield. Selected (11) reading passages (grades 8-12)...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Mary Shelley
Have you ever read "Frankenstein" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley? Explore this comprehensive site featuring links to activities and lesson plans for "Frankenstein."
Other
Mary Shelley's "Mathilda"
No text is provided, but there are excerpts from letters about the manuscript, as well as other information regarding the manuscript.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Literary Movements: Gothic, Novel, and Romance
This site distinguishes between novels and Romances and examines the characteristics of the novel, the Romance, and the Gothic novel.