Take three of the great foundational works of Gothic fiction – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson...and join us to explore the ways an artificially created being – the creature, the portrait, the secret alter ego – becomes a dark and forbidden ‘shadow self’ for the tortured male protagonist. Tracing these stories through their influence on popular culture and film, we will examine how three 19th century authors anticipated (or even surpassed) the work of 20th and 21st century psychologists.