Gothic Vocab: Liminal

Last year I started a series of posts highlighting vocab terms that will help you better understand the Gothic. So far, we’ve covered the sublime, the uncanny, and the grotesque. Today, I want to turn our attention to an adjective that is frequently employed to describe people, places, and situations in Gothic literature: “liminal.”

Woman in brown jacket and white skirt stands with her back to the viewer and head turned. A muddy landscape of small hills with clumps of grass stretches before her, with a light fog creating an ethereal atmosphere.
Catherine stands upon the moor in the 2011 TV adaptation of Wuthering Heights

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