Lydia Wright

Lydia Wright is a Literature and Anthropology double major. They will be presenting their senior project titled “‘The Thing We’re Already Afraid Of’: Metatextual Artifacts, Trope, and Subversion in the Contemporary Horror Novel.” Their project examines the influences of Gothic literature on modern horror and the ways that literary forms can be utilized to produce greater emotional responses.

Major(s)

Literature/Anthropology

Class Year

2023

Title

“The Thing We’re Already Afraid Of”: Metatextual Artifacts, Trope, and Subversion in the Contemporary Horror Novel