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The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction
Contributor(s): Groom, Nick (Author)
ISBN: 0199586799     ISBN-13: 9780199586790
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
OUR PRICE:   $11.69  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance
Series: Very Short Introductions
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.2" W x 6.8" (0.40 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western Europe
 
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Publisher Description:
The Gothic is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films, and a distinctive style of rock music. It has influenced political theorists and social reformers, as well as Victorian home décor and contemporary fashion. This Very Short
Introduction captures the history of the Gothic from ancient times to the present. It covers the sack of Rome by the barbarian tribes, mediaeval architecture, popular culture in the sixteenth century (including ballads and Revenge Tragedy), political theories of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, the rise of the Gothic novel, the Victorian Gothic Revival, and the influence of Gothic culture on film, music, and fashion. It includes familiar Gothic novels such Frankenstein and Dracula, while also covering Gothic gardening, slasher movies, and the current Goth scene. It is the only
account of the Gothic that describes the entire history of the term, presenting it in all its richly complex and perversely contradictory glory.