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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Blackwell Pub
Publication date February 6, 2004
Pages 320
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780631220633
ISBN-10 0631220631
Dimensions 1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.15 lbs.
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $54.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This guide provides an overview of the most significant issues anddebates in Gothic studies.

  • Provides an overview of the most significant issues and debatesin Gothic studies.
  • Explains the origins and development of the term Gothic.
  • Explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary andnon-literary forms, including art, architecture and film.
  • Features authoritative readings of key works, ranging fromHorace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto to Bret EastonEllis’s American Psycho.
  • Considers recurrent concerns of the Gothic such as persecutionand paranoia, key motifs such as the haunted castle, and figuressuch as the vampire and the monster.
  • Includes a chronology of key Gothic texts, including fictionand film from the 1760s to the present day, and a comprehensivebibliography.


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9780631220626 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $157.95
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from Blackwell Pub (February 6, 2004)
9780631220633 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $54.95
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