Historical Dictionary of Gothic Literature

by William Hughes

Literary fashions come and go, but some hang around longer than others, like Gothic literature which has existed ever since The Castle of Otranto in 1764. During this long while, it has spread from England, to the rest of Great Britain, and across to the continent, and off to America and Australia, filling in the gaps more recently. Most of it is in English, but hardly all, and it has adopted all styles, from romanticism, to modernism, to postmodernism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810872285
• ISBN13: 9780810872288
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"