Posted by Notcot on Mar 31, 2011 in
Gothic
This rich and varied collection of essays makes a timely contribution to critical debates about the Female Gothic, a popular but contested area of literary studies. The contributors revisit key Gothic themes – gender, race, the body, monstrosity, metaphor, motherhood and nationality – to open up new critical directions.
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 19, 2011 in
Gothic
At a reception, a young nobleman falls under the spell of an irresistible sorceress. Two hundred years later, Belinda and her boyfriend are stranded by a thunderstorm in a Gothic priory, and become drawn into an enclosed world of luxurious decadence and sexual alchemy.
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 18, 2011 in
Gothic
Describes the process of erecting the great cathedrals in the Gothic era. This text explains the building equipment and falsework needed, the actual operations undertaken, and the sequence of these operations as far as they can be deduced from manuscript illuminations and pictorial representations.
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 8, 2011 in
Gothic
The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: ‘The Castle of Otranto’, published pseudonymously in 1765; ‘Vathek’ (1786); and the story of ‘Frankenstein’ (1818).
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 5, 2011 in
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Lewis’s survey of the Gothic revival treats individual buildings and broad movements in England, Europe and the USA with fresh authority. This is a comprehensive introduction to one of the most colourful periods in the history of architecture.
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 2, 2011 in
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 1, 2011 in
Gothic
Features gothic art including the iconoclastic work of Ken Kagami, Terence Koh, Ricky Swallow, the photographic collages of Marnie Weber, the drawings of Chloe Piene and Wes Lang, the paintings of Matt Greene and Iris Van Dongen, the outsider punk art of Pure Evil and the illustrations of French.
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 1, 2011 in
Gothic
This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s, with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Vernon Lee, Henry James and Arthur Machen, as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era. The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival, and how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment.
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 1, 2011 in
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Michael McIntyre has become Britain’s biggest comedy star. This title reveals his showbiz roots, his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, his fish-out-of-water move from public to state school and his astonishing journey from selling just one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival to selling half a million tickets on his last tour.
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