Gothic Histories: The Taste for Terror, 1764 to the Present

by Clive Bloom

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In the middle of the eighteenth century the Gothic became the universal language of architecture, painting and literature, expressing a love not only of ruins, decay and medieval pageantry, but also the drug-induced monsters of the mind.

By explaining the international dimension of Gothicism and dealing in detail with German, French and American authors, Gothic Histories demonstrates the development of the genre in every area of art and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1847060501

ISBN13:9781847060501

Release Date:June 2010

Publisher:Continuum

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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