G. G. Priyadharshini

Reimagining Gothic in the Silent Patient: from Haunted Castles to Haunted Minds

G. G. Priyadharshini · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2026

Contemporary Gothic fiction is gradually moving beyond its conventional reliance on Gothic terrors, including supernatural forces, ghosts, ghouls, and haunted castles. Instead, it is moving towards the fears and uncertainties of the human mind. Alex Michaelides’s The Silent Patie...