Comparing Rebecca with other Gothic Literature
Birmingham City University
Many of you will recognise the name Serena Trowbridge in connection with Daphne du Maurier. In recent years, she has become a regular speaker at the du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival, and she has encouraged some of her students to contribute their work to the Daphne du Maurier Website. Serena is Reader in Victorian Literature at the School of English, Birmingham City University. She teaches a module on Gothic Literature to her final-year students. In the module, they consider novels spanning several centuries, all in the Gothic genre, including The Monk by Matthew Lewis (1796), Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847), Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1938) and The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2009).
This is the fourth year that Serena and her students have agreed to share some of their finest essays comparing Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca with other Gothic literature. This year, we are pleased to share our website with five of Serena’s students, each of whom achieved the highest marks within their study group.
To read the essays that Serena's students have contributed please go to our Interesting Facts section or click on the link here:
https://www.dumaurier.org/menu_page.php?id=257