num_pages: 208
description: The power and endurance of the Gothic, our fascination with its particular pleasures, are revealed in the virtually mythic status of Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, and that truly Gothic hero, Sherlock Holmes. William Patrick Day explores the Gothic fantasy from its origins in the late eighteenth century, through the conclusion of its first major phase, and on to some of its twentieth-century manifestations.
language: English
title: In the Circles of Fear and Desire: A Study of Gothic Fantasy
publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr