• ISBN13: 9780199561537
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Brimming with tales of terror, suspense, and the uncanny, this work offers a collection devoted to the best of the Gothic genre. Each story contains the common elements of the gothic talea warped sense of time, a claustrophobic setting, a link to archaic modes of thought, and the impression of a descent into disintegration. Yet taken together, they reveal the progression of the genre from stories of feudal villains amid crumbling ruins to a greater level of sophisti… More >>

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

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The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical imagination for centuries. In it Robert A. Scott explores why medieval people built Gothic cathedrals, how they built them, what conception of the divine lay behind their … More >>

The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral

• ISBN13: 9780843960907
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When their car breaks down in the middle of the seediest part of the inner city, a group of teenagers take refuge in an abandoned row house. But it-s not abandoned at all. The inhabitants are a family of mutated madmen who don-t take kindly to intruders…. More >>

Urban Gothic