Reviews for The Gothic Tradition

The average rating for The Gothic Tradition based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-28 00:00:00 Jason Meyer 2/2/20 This is a great introduction to gothic literature! There's a wealth of information with regards to both primary and secondary text as well as a concise history of the gothic tradition! 28/2/20 Doing some research into Gothic and horror literature, so I thought this would be a good place to start :) You can find me on Youtube | Instagram | Twitter | Tumblr | Website

Review # 2 was written on 2016-05-31 00:00:00 Grant Marshall This is a brief academic introduction to the Gothic sensibility in art. It's three parts describes the various elements of the Gothic, gives excerpts from major literary works, and reviews major schools of Gothic criticism (Freudian, Marxist, and feminist). I appreciated the brevity. The final section which might have been tendentious stuck to the factual and informative. The book is designed as a textbook, with lots of (difficult) questions for further study. One final thing I'll mention: the excerpts include sections from seminal works such as The Monk and Frankenstein, but, among the prose writers, Jane Austen's clean, direct, laser-focused sentences stand out. It's really amazing how enjoyable really great writing is, when placed side by side with the merely very good. Keep yer eye on that Austen chick, guys; I predict she'll go far.