Gothic/Horror fiction taps powerfully into the most intense anxieties of the culture(s) from which it springs. In this class, we'll read horror classics like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Lovecraft, among others, focusing especially on how bodies and gender are discussed: what bodies are emphasized? what bodies are distorted? what bodies are made to disappear? This fast-moving course will draw from queer theory, feminist literary criticism, and critical race theory in particular.