The Palgrave Handbook of Gothic Origins

by Clive Bloom

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of research on the Gothic Revival. The Gothic Revival was based on emotion rather than reason and when Horace Walpole created Strawberry Hill House, a gleaming white castle on the banks of the Thames, he had to create new words to describe the experience of gothic lifestyle. Nevertheless, Walpole's house produced nightmares and his book The Castle of Otranto was the first truly gothic novel,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030845613
• ISBN13: 9783030845612
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 618 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"