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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Continuum, c2010.Description: viii, 211 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781847060501 .
  • 9781847060501 .
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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
Summary: 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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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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