Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

Name: Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
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ISBN: 9780199561537

ISBN-10: 0199561532

ISBN-13: 9780199561537

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Chris Baldick, Oxford Staff

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The Gothic tale has been with us for over two hundred years, but this collection is the first to illustrate the continuing strength of this special fictional tradition from its origins in the late eighteenth century. Gothic fiction is generally identified from Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto and the works of Ann Radcliffe, and with heroes and heroines menaced by feudal villains amid crumbling ruins. While the repertoire of claustrophobic settings, gloomy themes, and threatening atmosphere established the Gothic genre, later writers from Poe onwards achieved an ever greater sophistication, and a shift in emphasis from cruelty to decadence. Modern Gothic is distinguished by its imaginative…

Book details

List price: $10.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 3/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English