Gothic

An Illustrated History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Crumbling ruins, undead fiends, dark alleys and forests teeming with horrors seen and unseen: the tendrils of the Gothic have crept out of the architecture of churches, mosques and grand houses and into suburban malls, overcrowded cities, the deserted corners of the world and beyond, taking the shape of monsters from Beowulf to Gojira, Cthulhu or the wendigo to our own terrifying, warped reflections. Across time, form and media, this book traces the weaving path of the Gothic from the shadows of history to the very heart of popular culture today. With over 350 illustrations

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-21
Mått:260 x 30 x 190 mm
Vikt:1 300 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:9780500252512

Utforska kategorier

Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Roger Luckhurst is the author of The Invention of Telepathy, 1870–1901 (2002), The Mummy’s Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy (2012), and Zombies: A Cultural History (2015), and has edited several classic Gothic novels by Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson and H. P. Lovecraft. He is the Geoffrey Tillotson Professor of Nineteenth Century Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Recensioner i media

'Wonderful. A book as vivid, strange and rich as its topic' - China Miéville

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction I. Architecture & FormThe Pointed Arch • Ruins • Fragment • Labyrinth • The House II. The Lie of the LandThe Country & The City • Village • Forest • Wilderness • Edgelands III. The Gothic CompassNorth • South • East • West • Planetary & Cosmic Horror IV. MonstersScale • Splices • The Tentacle • Formless • Us Further Reading