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The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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The Gothic is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical
architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films, and a
distinctive style of rock music. It has influenced political
theorists and social reformers, as well as Victorian home decor and
contemporary fashion. 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. This unique Very Short Introduction reveals that
the Gothic has predominantly been a way of understanding and
responding to the past. Time after time, the Gothic has been
invoked in order to reveal what lies behind conventional history.
It is a way of disclosing secrets, whether in the constitutional
politics of seventeenth-century England or the racial politics of
the United States. While contexts change, the Gothic perpetually
regards the past with fascination, both yearning and horrified. It
reminds us that neither societies nor individuals can escape the
consequences of their actions. The anatomy of the Gothic is richly
complex and perversely contradictory, and so the thirteen chapters
here range deliberately widely. This is the first time that the
entire story of the Gothic has been written as a continuous
history: from the historians of late antiquity to the gardens of
Georgian England, from the mediaeval cult of the macabre to German
Expressionist cinema, from Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy to American
consumer society, from folk ballads to vampires, from the past to
the present. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series
from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost
every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to
get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine
facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make
interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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