Gothic Histories: The Taste for Terror, 1764 to the Present

by Clive Bloom

Book Overview

In the middle of the eighteenth century the Gothic became the universal language of architecture, painting and literature, expressing a love not only of ruins, decay and medieval pageantry, but also the drug-induced monsters of the mind.

By explaining the international dimension of Gothicism and dealing in detail with German, French and American authors, Gothic Histories demonstrates the development of the genre in every area of art and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847060501
• ISBN13: 9781847060501
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"