The Gothic Vision examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late-eighteenth century to the present, and of related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing. It argues that such narratives are objects for historical analysis, due to their implication in specific ideologies, while also focusing on the recurrence over time of themes of physical and psychological disintegration, spectrality and monstrosity. This is an excellent overview of a genre that is increasingly studied in literature, film, and cultural studies courses.
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"A thorough, well-written overview of Gothic literature from the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) to the present (Stephen King, Anne Rice, Patrick McGrath)....I would use it as a compulsory text for undergraduates."--Anne Williams, Professor of English, University of Georgia
"...a readable, intriguing narrative... Cavallaro deploys a variety of critical theories, on the whole judiciously selecting the approach that seems well suited to the work under discussion."- Robert F. Geary, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, Summer 2006, 17.2 (International Association for the Fantastic Arts )
“…a readable, intriguing narrative… Cavallaro deploys a variety of critical theories, on the whole judiciously selecting the approach that seems well suited to the work under discussion.”- Robert F. Geary, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, Summer 2006, 17.2 (, )
"...a readable, intriguing narrative... Cavallaro deploys a variety of critical theories, on the whole judiciously selecting the approach that seems well suited to the work under discussion."- Robert F. Geary, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, Summer 2006, 17.2 (International Association for the Fantastic Arts )
“…a readable, intriguing narrative… Cavallaro deploys a variety of critical theories, on the whole judiciously selecting the approach that seems well suited to the work under discussion.”- Robert F. Geary, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, Summer 2006, 17.2 (, )
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Dani Cavallaro is a freelance writer specializing in literary studies, critical and cultural theory and the visual arts. Her publications include The Gothic Vision, Critical and Cultural Theory and Cyberpunk and Cyberculture.
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The Gothic Vision, Books of Blood, The Castle of Otranto, The Turn of the Screw, Wuthering Heights, Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Horace Walpole, Bag of Bones, Marina Warner, The Abandoned Child, Dark Psyches, Stephen King, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Edgar Allan Poe, Matthew Lewis's The Monk, Susan Hill's The Woman, Strawberry Hill, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mike Noonan, Toni Morrison, Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor, Eastern Europe, Day of the Dead, Madame Schreck Browse Sample Pages:
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