The Edinburgh Companion to Gothic and the Arts

The Edinburgh Companion to Gothic and the Arts
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
8 August 2025
Pages
520
ISBN
9781474432368

The Edinburgh Companion to Gothic and the Arts

Provides new definitions of the Gothic in a variety of artistic contexts Explores arange of Gothic from architecture through literature to music and the technological artsProvides an opportunity to hear new thinking from established scholars as well asshowcasing work by new scholarsHighlights new definitions of the Gothic from a wide variety of perspectives

The Gothic in all its artistic forms and ramifications is traced from the medieval to the twenty-first century. From architecture, painting and sculpture through music, ballet, opera and dance to installation art and the graphic novel, each of the 33 chapters reflects on and weighs in on the ways in which the Gothic is taken up in the art forms and modes under examination. An Introduction discusses Gothic as a changing cultural form across the centuries with deep psychological roots. This is followed by sections on: architectural arts; the visual arts; music and the performance arts; the literary arts; and media and cultural arts.

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