Gothic histories : the taste for terror, 1764 to the present /

Bloom, Clive.

Gothic histories : the taste for terror, 1764 to the present / Clive Bloom. - London : Continuum, c2010. - viii, 211 p. ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Now welcome the night: the origins of gothic culture -- Every true goth: from Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill to Thomas De Quincey's Opium Dreams -- With raven wings: Ann Radcliffe, German horrors and the Divine Marquis -- Land of shadows: 'Melmoth the wanderer' to 'Sweeney Todd' -- Dark reflections in a dull mirror: Fuseli's 'The Nightmare' and the origins of gothic theatre -- Desire and loathing strangely mixed: gothic melodrama and 'The Phantom of the Opera' -- Do you see it?: the gothic and the ghostly -- It's alive: the rise of the gothic movie -- After midnight: Goth culture, vampire games and the irresistible rise of twilight

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. It includes research on Gothic theatre, spiritualism, ghost seeing and spirit photography.

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Gothic revival (Art)
English fiction--History and criticism
Horror tales, English--History and criticism
Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain
Gothic revival (Literature)--History and criticism
Literature.
Literary studies: general
English
German
French
18th century, c 1700 to c 1799
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
21st century, c 2000 to c 2100