Touchstones of Gothic Horror: A Film Genealogy of Eleven Motifs and Images

by David Huckvale

Gothic cinema, typified by the films of Universal, Hammer, Amicus and Tigon, grew out of an aesthetic that stretches back to the 18th century and beyond, even to Shakespeare. This book explores the origin of Gothic cinema in art and literature, tracing its connection to the Gothic revival in architecture, the Gothic novel, landscape, ruins, Egyptology, occultism, sexuality, the mythology of werewolves, the philosophy of Hegel, and many other aspects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786447826
• ISBN13: 9780786447824
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher