Bibliograph

The Gothic, a very short introduction, Nick Groom

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The Gothic, a very short introduction, Nick Groom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Gothic

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

794136186

Responsibility statement

Nick Groom

Series statement

Very short introductions, 329

Sub title

a very short introduction

Summary

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, medieval 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

Table Of Contents

Preface : a history of the Gothic in thirteen chapters -- Origins of the Goths -- The ascent to heaven -- The iconoclasts -- The revenge of the dead -- Liberty Gothic -- Gothic whiggery -- The sixties -- The descent into hell -- The poetics of blood -- The Gothic dream -- New England Goths -- The ghost in the machine -- First and last and always

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