The Connell Short Guide to the Gothic
Author | : Catherine Redford |
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Release | : 2016-12-16 |
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ISBN | : 9781911187608 |
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Author | : Catherine Redford |
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Release | : 2016-12-16 |
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ISBN | : 9781911187608 |
Author | : Nick Groom |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2012-09-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0191642398 |
The Gothic is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films, and a distinctive style of rock music. It has influenced political theorists and social reformers, as well as Victorian home décor and contemporary fashion. Nick Groom shows how the Gothic has come to encompass so many meanings by telling the story of the Gothic from the ancient tribe who sacked Rome to the alternative subculture of the present day. This unique Very Short Introduction reveals that the Gothic has predominantly been a way of understanding and responding to the past. Time after time, the Gothic has been invoked in order to reveal what lies behind conventional history. It is a way of disclosing secrets, whether in the constitutional politics of seventeenth-century England or the racial politics of the United States. While contexts change, the Gothic perpetually regards the past with fascination, both yearning and horrified. It reminds us that neither societies nor individuals can escape the consequences of their actions. The anatomy of the Gothic is richly complex and perversely contradictory, and so the thirteen chapters here range deliberately widely. This is the first time that the entire story of the Gothic has been written as a continuous history: from the historians of late antiquity to the gardens of Georgian England, from the mediaeval cult of the macabre to German Expressionist cinema, from Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy to American consumer society, from folk ballads to vampires, from the past to the present. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author | : Jillian Venters |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2009-06-06 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0061884316 |
An essential, fully illustrated guidebook to day-to-day Goth living There's more to being a Goth than throwing on some black velvet, dyeing your hair, and calling it a day (or a night). How do you dress with morbid flair when going to a job interview? Is there such a thing as growing too old to be a Goth? How do you explain to your grandma that it's not just a phase? Jillian Venters, a.k.a. "the Lady of the Manners," knows how to be strange and unusual without sacrificing politeness and etiquette. In Gothic Charm School, she offers the quintessential guide to dark decorum for all those who have ever searched for beauty in dark, unexpected places, embraced their individuality, and reveled in decadence . . . and for families and friends who just don't understand.
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Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2014 |
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ISBN | : 9781908041067 |
Author | : David Punter |
Publisher | : Blackwell Publishing |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780631220633 |
This guide provides an overview of the most significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. The guide is divided into four parts: The opening section explains the origins and development of the term ‘Gothic’, considers the particular features of the Gothic within specific periods, and explores its evolution in both literary and non-literary forms, such as art, architecture and film. The following section contains extended entries on major writers of the Gothic, pointing to the most significant features of their work. The third section features authoritative readings of key works, ranging from Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto to Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho. Finally, the text considers recurrent concerns of the Gothic such as persecution and paranoia, key motifs such as the haunted castle, and figures such as the vampire and the monster. Supplementary material includes a chronology of key Gothic texts, listing literature and film from 1757 to 2000, and a comprehensive guide to further reading.
Author | : John O'Connell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Art, Gothic |
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Author | : Thomas Merton |
Publisher | : Lutterworth Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0718896394 |
Thomas Merton gave numerous conferences during his decade (1955-1965) as novice master at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani. In A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture, Patrick F. O'Connell presents one of these, a wide-ranging introduction to biblical studies. Drawing on church tradition, teaching of recent papal documents, and scholarly resources of the time, Merton reveals the central importance of the Scriptures for the spiritual growth of his listeners. For Merton, at the heart of any meaningful reading of the Scriptures, not only for monks but for all Christians, is the invitation to respond not just intellectually but with the whole self, to recognize the gospel as 'good news', as a saving, liberating, consoling, challenging word, reflecting his fundamental belief that 'the Holy Spirit enlightens us, in our reading, to see how our own lives are part of these great mysteries - how we are one with Jesus in them'. O'Connell's extensive introduction situates this reflection in the context of Merton's evolving engagement with the Bible from his own days as a student monk through the mature reflections from his final years on the biblical renewal in the wake of the Second Vatican Council..
Author | : Clive Bloom |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780312212384 |
This anthology presents classic and contemporary accounts of modern gothic horror writing, as well as essays from current literary scholars, providing an essential guide to the genre and the variety of approaches possible when discussing the literature of terror.
Author | : William Pembroke Fetridge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 806 |
Release | : 1868 |
Genre | : Europe |
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Author | : Richard STARRATT |
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Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1849 |
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