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The Gothic : a very short introduction / Nick Groom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Groom, Nick, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts, Gothic.
- Art, Gothic.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre).
- Gothic revival (Art).
- Gothic revival (Literature)--History and criticism.
- Gothic revival (Literature).
- Popular culture--History--16th century.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 163 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Nick Groom shows how the Gothic has come to encompass so many meanings by telling the story of the Gothic from the ancient tribe who sacked Rome to the alternative subculture of the present day.
- Contents:
- Preface : a history of the gothic in thirteen chapters
- Origins of the Goths
- The ascent to heaven
- The iconoclasts
- The revenge of the dead
- Liberty gothic
- Gothic whiggery
- The sixties
- The descent into hell
- The poetics of blood
- The gothic dream
- New England Goths
- The ghost in the machine
- First and last and always.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780191777905 :
- OCLC:
- 958580634
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