The Gothic Mind: Exploring Freud, Kristeva, and the Psychology of Horror
Beneath the symbolic pallor of the Gothic tradition, where shadows linger in abandoned corridors, a deeper psychological haunting emerges—one that resides not in physical spaces, but within the labyrinthine recesses of the mind. Sigmund Freud and Julia Kristeva, two seminal theorists, have significantly shaped our understanding of the Gothic by illuminating the intricate interplay between terror and beauty, and by mapping the psychological terrain where these forces converge.
