Lockdown Lectures

Episode 12: Under lock and key - gothic literature


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Ever wondered why there are so many locks and keys in gothic literature? 

In this week's episode, I chat to English Literature and History graduate from the University of Edinburgh - Alice Wright - about this under-researched trope. We discuss how keys and locks symoblise sexual transgression and repression, and their links to Freud. 

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Lockdown LecturesBy Ellie House