The Gothic Reader
Subtitle: A Critical Anthology
Contributors: Martin Myrone (Editor)
Publisher: Tate Gallery; Tate Pub.
Published: September 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781854375995
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Reference; Literary History And Criticism; Literary Criticism; Art & Art Instruction; Gothic & Romance; History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945); Art / Reference; European - General
Description: The Gothic Reader brings together texts and images from the origins of Gothic art and writing up to the 20th century. It is the first publication to present the Gothic through both the visual arts and literature, helping to establish a new framework for its analysis and appreciation. Writers represented include Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, and Horace Walpole; artists include William Blake, Henry Fuseli, and J.M.W. Turner. The anthology encompasses novels, essays and criticism, letters and memoirs, and pieces from contemporary newspapers and magazines, in an engaging, stimulating book for the general reader.