Carlson, Zoe Brittany2017-09-182017-09-182017-06-15http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/167House of Ash is a novel of fiction that follows Ana, a young vampire duchess living in Florida who is torn between her unhappy marriage, her familial expectations, political allegiances, and the stirrings of war. She also seeks to understand herself and find her own happiness in the world. The novel is a work of Gothic literature that focuses on themes such as passion and repressed fears or desires, the nature of death and finding meaning in life, and the nature of obligation and expectation. The novel utilizes imagery, motif, and an intimate first person point of view in order to create an authentic, characterdriven narrative.en-USNovelGothic fictionPassionRepressionDeathThesis