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Gothic Horror

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Neue Monster

by Julie Miess

2010

***Angaben zur beteiligten Person Miess: Julie Miess wurde mit vorliegender Studie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin promoviert.…

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Reading Gothic Fiction

by Jacqueline Howard

1994

Dr Howard uses Bakhtin's concepts of heteroglossia and dialogism in specific historical analyses of key works of the genre. Her discussions of Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho, Matthew Lewis's The Monk, Jane Austen's Nor…

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The Gothic

by Gilda Williams

2007

This comprehensive survey of the Gothic in contemporary visual culture explores the work of artists ranging from Andy Warhol to Cindy Sherman to Matthew Barney, with texts by Julia Kristeva, Marina Warner, Jeff Wall, and many others.…

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The History of Gothic Fiction

by Markman Ellis

2003

"Written with an undergraduate audience in mind, this text offers a synthesis of the main topics of Gothic interest and clearly argued summaries of critical debate. It signals its difference from recent psychoanalytic readings of Gothi…

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