Research Pathfinder for Horror Genre Fiction

Abstract

This guide is intended to help researchers interested in doing scholarly research on either works within the horror genre, or on issues relating to the genre itself. It should also be of use to fans of the genre seeking a more scholarly understanding of the genre as well as to teachers and librarians seeking to develop an understanding of the genre. This document should be useful for research in any time period from the publication of the Castle of Otranto in 1764, generally agreed to have been the first horror novel (Fonseca and Pulliman, 17), to the present day, but does have a focus on more recent works.