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Nelson, Victoria.
Gothicka:
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA;
Date of Publication: 2012
Stock Code: 12093
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[xiii] 333. Various monochromatic photographs throughout. Publisher’s two-tone charcoal and black cloth with title silvered to spine, in an unclipped, pictorial dust-jacket. Letter from author Victoria Nelson to David Lodge, loosely inserted. Slight bubbling to paste-down and end-papers. Minor shelf wear to edges of dust-jacket. In Gothicka, Nelson explores the modern gothic genre in media and how the tone has shifted from the traditionally dark Protestant post-enlightenment gothic genre. Considering the works of authors and filmmakers alike, Nelson weaves a tale of how contemporary religion interacts with mass media and discusses the reinvention of the Gothic villain as hero. £45.00