Gothic, Paperback

Most horror film fans are familiar with the classics, from the early Universal archetypes to the Hammer landmarks - all of which have been celebrat...

Examines a set of perennial narrative motifs centred on violence within the family as they have appeared in French, English, Spanish, and American ...

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Reducere. Italian Gothic horror films of the 1970s were influenced by the violent giallo movies and adults-only comics of the era, resulting in a graphic app...

DescriptionThe Italian Gothic horror genre underwent many changes in the 1980s, with masters such as Mario Bava and Riccardo Freda either dying or ...

Presents twenty-seven graded readings, each accompanied by a vocabulary and an explanation of grammatical details; the final chapter provides a sam...

Thoroughly expanded and updated, this widely acclaimed Companion provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and gen...

Reducere. The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming.

A magnificent panorama of the creative revolutions of mid-15th-century EuropeFrom roughly the 1430s onward, inspired by developments in the Netherl...

This book, first published in 2003, is a detailed survey of book scripts used in western and central Europe from c.1100 to c.1530. Illustrated with...

Reducere. Provides a scholarly account of the striking interplay between the Gothic and theory over two-and-a-half centuries This collection provides a thoro...

An architect and architectural theorist, George Edmund Street was one of the key proponents of the 'High Victorian' Gothic style in nineteenth-cent...

While property ownership is a cornerstone of the American dream, the status of enslaved people supplies a contrasting American nightmare. Sarah Gil...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Tanya KrzywinskaNumber of pages: 88Collection: Anthem Studies in Gothic LiteraturePublication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of Am...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Faye RingelNumber of pages: 112Collection: Anthem ImpactPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 229 x 151 x 15Cover typ...

Reducere. "The present work is designed to provide a carefully graded introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the Gothic language. The material is pres...

Publisher: Peter Lang LtdIllustration(s): 46 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 264Collection: Genre Fiction and Film CompanionsPublication...

The endangered and dangerous female figures of "Rebecca", of "Jagged Edge" and "What Lies Beneath" have a deserved and endures fascination. This wo...

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Contributes to current conversations about Central American security crises and immigration stemming from gang violence by tracing the evolution of...

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DescriptionThis substantive, easy-to-use guide to selected English gothic cathedrals and churches provides profiles of thirteen important religious...

Reducere. Delve into the twisted, magical world of H. L. Macfarlane's Bright Spear trilogy, now compiled into a box set for the first time Set in Regency-era...

Reducere. Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and ...

Showing how the Gothic can be read as a complex reaction to Enlightenment methods of historical representation, Sinister histories uncovers hithert...

A compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland. -- .Publisher: Manchester Uni...

Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep sense of unease mingling with...

This book explores the intersections of Gothic, cultural, gender, queer, socio-economic and postcolonial theories in nineteenth-century British rep...

Collection of essays by experts in Renaissance and Gothic studies tracks the lines of connection between Gothic sensibilities and the discursive ne...

Giving an overview of contemporary Nordic Gothic in different media as well as tracing its history, Nordic Gothic also provides a number of case st...

While overlooked by extant studies of the Gothic, William Blake's literary and visual oeuvre embodies the same obsessions and fears that inform the...

From The Curse of Frankenstein to The Horror of Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera to The Mummy, and The Curse of the Werewolf to The Devil Rides Ou...

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Suitable for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture and critical theory, this title offers insight into the ...

This is the first monograph that brings together the fields of Gothic Studies and children's fiction to analyse a range of popular and literary wor...

Reducere. The Ghosts of Yearning is a gothic novella partially inspired by The Sixth Sense, The Notebook, and The Turn of the Screw. It centers on the lives ...

Reducere. Losing a loved one to murder is life's ultimate tragedy. But when the killer is never captured, a family's paralyzing grief only compounds. Years p...

This is a major re-evaluation of the role and cultural significance of Gothic horror. It offers analysis of literary, film, art and popular cultura...

Drawing on a range of popular Gothic and Victorian novels, poems and short stories, this book provides the first full length study of representatio...

Reducere. At the start of the nineteenth century, German "Schauerliteratur" was so popular as to permanently associate that land with the Gothic and the ghos...

"Vengeance flashed from his inflamed eye-balls: he drew a poniard from his bosom, and stabbed me to the heart; then, with a horrid shout of exultat...

Reducere. New England is renowned for its quaint towns, beautiful landscapes, and busy ports. But it is also infamous as the setting for unexplained deaths, ...

Looks at the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, follows the creative processes of architects, and discusses chronology, st...

Reducere. Powerful and evocative, this postmodern Book of the Dead is for mystics, witches, goths, and anyone attracted to the beauty and mystery of death--a...

Reducere. John Fitchen systematically treats the process of erecting the great edifices of the Gothic era. He explains the building equipment and falsework n...

Reducere. This anthology argues for the serious study of the literary oeuvre of Anne Rice, a major figure in today's popular literature. The essays assert th...

Reducere. From the master of extreme horror, Edward Lee, author of over fifty books that have redefined the boundaries of depravity in fiction, comes a novel...

Reducere. Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to...

Reducere. No one gets out alive When their car broke down in a dangerous inner-city neighborhood, Kerri and her friends thought they would find shelter insid...

Publisher: Outland EntertainmentAuthor(s): Brynneth Nimue BrownNumber of pages: 300Collection: Hopeless, MainePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 140...

Reducere. The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in i...

Reducere. Brace yourself for a journey into a creepy, dark side of the American Midwest you thought you knew--a side teeming with real-life surrealism and hi...

Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Silvia Moreno-GarciaPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 154 x 233 x 31Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmec...

Reducere. An essential, fully illustrated guidebook to day-to-day Goth livingThere's more to being a Goth than throwing on some black velvet, dyeing your hai...

Reducere. During a period of twenty years--from his start as a young writer for H. L. Mencken's classic pulp magazine The Black Mask in the early 1930s, thro...

Gothic or black-letter script, practiced by many medieval scribes, was a principal model for printer's type when printing was first invented. Chara...

Stephen King's popularity lies in his ability to reinterpret the standard Gothic tale in new and exciting ways. Through his eyes, the conventional ...

Reducere. In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was ...

Key Concepts in the Gothic' provides a one-stop resource which details and defines, in accessible language, those contexts essential for the study ...

Rosslyn Chapel is a deeply enigmatic 15th-century Gothic masterpiece, situated near Edinburgh. Although generally referred to as a 'chapel' and act...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Wild West is infamous for its outrageous stories, cowboys, and gun battles. But the region is also known for its ghost stories, unex...

Reducere. Welcome to Cabin Green, where the setting is familiar, but the story is completely unexpected. "A spectacular read...absolutely gripping. I couldn'...

Reducere. It's scarier when you can't hide.That's the idea behind Prairie Gothic, the new anthology of psychological and supernatural horror from Prairie Sou...

Reducere. Y'all gather round for thirteen more tales of Southern Gothic horror: Boys find evil in their favorite sweet treat, a perfume shop that makes more ...

The first facsimile of Ruskin's epoch-making 'Nature of Gothic' as printed by his disciple William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. Essays by special...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Thomas McKelvey CleaverIllustration(s): Illustrated throughout with around 60 photos and at least 14...

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Reducere. Manfred, the lord of the castle of Otranto, has long lived in dread of an ancient prophecy: it's foretold that when his family line ends, the true ...