Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Origins Of The Gothic Novel
The term "gothic" was originally a disparaging term applied to a style of medieval architecture (Gothic architecture) and art (Gothic art...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Origins Of The Gothic Novel
The term "gothic" was originally a disparaging term applied to a style of medieval architecture (Gothic architecture) and art (Gothic art...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - The First Gothic Novels
The term "gothic" came to be applied to the literary genre precisely because the genre dealt with such emotional extremes and dark themes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vathek: Encyclopedia - Vathek
Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Thomas Bec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Monk: Encyclopedia - The Monk
The Monk is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis that first appeared in 1796. It was written before he turned 20, in the space of 10 w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absalom, Absalom!: Encyclopedia - Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by William Faulkner, published in 1936 and sometimes characterized as Southern Gothic. It is a story about t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absalom Absalom!: Encyclopedia - Absalom Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by William Faulkner, published in 1936 and sometimes characterized as Southern Gothic. It is a story about t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire Fiction: Encyclopedia - Vampire Fiction
Vampire fiction covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The best known work in this genr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia C. Andrews: Encyclopedia - Virginia C. Andrews
Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – 19 December 1986), better known as V. C. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews is an American author. Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat's Eye Novel: Encyclopedia - Cat's Eye Novel
Cat's Eye is a 1989 novel by Margaret Atwood. In it, painter Elaine Risley vividly reflects on her childhood and teenage years. Her stron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - English Novel - Romantic Novel
The Romantic period saw the first flowering of the English novel. The Romantic and the Gothic novel are closely related; both imagined al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romance Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Romance Novel - Origins Of The Romance Novel
The earliest English novels in this genre appeared in the 18th century. Pride and Prejudice (1813), by Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights (18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Lolita - Lolita
Although "Lolita" is a reference to Vladimir Nabokov's famous novel, and GothLoli is often worn by teens, most followers of the style do ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horror Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Horror Fiction - Early Horror Fiction
Fictional characters have found themselves in horrifying situations from the earliest recorded tales. Many myths and legends feature scen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Literature - History Of Southern Literature
Southern literature - Early and Antebellum Literature. During the 17th and 18th centuries, a number of writers either wrote about or we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Literature - Southern Literature Today
Today the American South is undergoing a number of cultural and social changes, including rapid industrialization and an influx of immigr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Literature - Overview Of Southern Literature
In its simpliest form, Southern literature consists of writings about the American South, with the South either being defined as the Deep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bistriţa: Encyclopedia Ii - Bistriţa - Tourism
The greatest attraction of BistriÅ£a's central square is the Saxons' Lutheran church. It was originally constructed in the 14th century i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romance Genre: Encyclopedia Ii - Romance Genre - Relationship To Modern 'romantic Fiction'
In later romances, particularly those of French origin, there is a marked tendency to emphasize themes of courtly love, such as faithfuln...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Call Of Cthulhu: Encyclopedia Ii - The Call Of Cthulhu - Legacy
This story was instrumental in launching the so-called Cthulhu Mythos, stories and novels based on the idea of the other-worldly creature...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ystad Municipality: Encyclopedia Ii - Ystad Municipality - Today
The main industries of the town is today handicraft and tourism. It is considered the city in Scania where the medieval buildings is best...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Phantom Of The Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - The Phantom Of The Opera - Plot
The Phantom of The Opera is a Gothic novel, combining romance, horror fiction, mystery, and tragedy. In Leroux's original 1910 novel, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wise Blood: Encyclopedia Ii - Wise Blood - Themes
Wise Blood can be read simply as a comedy of grotesques (the so-called "Southern Gothic"), for it is comedic and has grotesques. It can a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karen Blixen: Encyclopedia Ii - Karen Blixen - Life As A Writer
She returned to Denmark and began writing in earnest, publishing Seven Gothic Tales in English in 1934. She was awarded the Tagea Brandt ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Ivory Tower: Encyclopedia Ii - The Ivory Tower - Key Themes
James clearly meant this novel as an attack on the gigantic wealth of the Gilded Age plutocrats. He presents Abel Gaw with almost Gothic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sensibility: Encyclopedia Ii - Sensibility - The Novel Of Sensibility
At the mid 1700s, Pamela and The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling spawned the novel of sensibility. In it, the protagonist, most often a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flannery O'connor: Encyclopedia Ii - Flannery O'connor - Career
An important voice in American literature, O'Connor would write two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and comme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Artistic Output And Influence
Grown out of 19th century Romanticism, the Viking revival had associations with the Gothic novel and Romantic art such as the Pre-Raphael...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gormenghast: Encyclopedia Ii - Gormenghast - Genre And Style
The series is usually described as a fantasy work. However, there is no magic and no intelligent races other than humans, as is usual in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebecca Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebecca Film - Summary
Rebecca stars Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter, Joan Fontaine as his second wife, and Judith Anderson as his late wife's servant, Mrs....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maria Monk: Encyclopedia Ii - Maria Monk - Literary Antecedents
Reed's book became a best-seller, and Monk or her handlers hoped to cash in on the evident market for anti-Catholic horror fiction by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carmilla: Encyclopedia Ii - Carmilla - Bram Stoker's Dracula
Although Carmilla is a lesser known and far shorter Gothic vampire story than the generally-considered master work of that genre, Dracula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raymond Chandler: Encyclopedia Ii - Raymond Chandler - Short Stories
Chandler's short stories typically chronicled the adventures of Philip Marlowe or other down-on-their luck private detectives (John Dalma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Metal - Gothic Doom
Gothic-doom (also sometimes called Goth Metal due to its gothic rock influence) is best described as a subgenre of both doom metal and go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Machen: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Machen - Legacy And Influence
Machen’s literary significance is substantial being translated into many languages and his stories have been reprinted in short story a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Percy Bysshe Shelley: Encyclopedia Ii - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Life
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Education and early works. Shelley was the son of Sir Timothy Shelley, later the 2nd baronet of Castle Goring, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Metal - History
Gothic metal - Origins 1983-1993. The earliest stage of gothic metal can be traced to bands in the 1980s, who utilized the dark aetheti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Metal - Common Misconceptions
Although the style has seen much more controversy than other metal genres - and remarkably, the most instances of debate - some arguments...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Revival Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Revival Architecture - History
Gothic Revival architecture - Survival and revival. Gothic architecture did not die out completely in the 15th century but lingered on,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Revival Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Revival Architecture - History
Gothic Revival architecture - Survival and revival. Gothic architecture did not die out completely in the 15th century but lingered on,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Metal - Other Gothic Metal Fusions
Other fusions of gothic metal similar to gothic doom have also started to become more noticeable. This has often been noticed by bands wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Origins And Influences
Goth - Original subculture. By the late 1970s, there were a small number of post punk bands in Britain labeled "gothic." However, it wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Metal - List Of Bands
Gothic metal - Gothic metal bands. Aeternitas Aion Atargatis Dakrua Darkwell Divine Nightmare Evereve Forever Slave Galadriel Gothic S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - English Usage
The word "goth" can be used as a noun. e.g. "My best friend is a goth." Plurally, an S is added. e.g. "At the club there were many goths....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Origins And Influences
Goth - Original subculture. By the late 1970s, there were a small number of post punk bands in Britain labeled "gothic." However, it wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Music
The bands which began the gothic rock and death rock scene were limited in number, and included bands such as Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Metal - Sounds Constructs And Lyrics
Gothic metal is sometimes considered a loose genre in the way it sounds because the genre is defined by its composition of the music and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Religious Elements
Religious imagery has frequently played an important part in gothic fashion and also in song lyrics. However, many goths aspire to "free ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Popular Intolerance
Like many other subcultures, or a religious or ethnic minority, goths have faced differing levels of popular intolerance because of their...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Bloch: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Bloch - Books And Media
Robert Bloch - Fiction. The Opener of the Way (1945) (collection) The Scarf (1947, rev. 1966) (novel) The Will to Kill (1954) (novel) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Goth After Post-punk
After the demise of post punk, goth continued to evolve, both musically and visually. This caused variations in style ("types" of goth). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iris Murdoch: Encyclopedia Ii - Iris Murdoch - Novels
Murdoch was strongly influenced by Plato, Freud and Sartre. Her novels are by turns intense and bizarre, filled with dark humor and unpre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Goth After Post-punk
After the demise of post punk, goth continued to evolve, both musically and visually. This caused variations in style ("types" of goth). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Stereotypes
Describing those with long hair and leather coats as "Goth" can be a misconception of the majority of society. See Industrial music. Sata...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Cultural Significance And Philosophy
The goth subculture is best seen as a late offshoot of romanticism and neoromanticism, with its fascination with the importance of the in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deathrock Fashion: Encyclopedia Ii - Deathrock Fashion - Origins And Influences
The playfully spooky Deathrock look was first popularized by Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie & the Banshees for females, and Robert Smith ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Contemporary Proliferation Of The Term Goth
In recent years, the word "goth" has often been used to describe a wider group of social people, sometimes people who should not be descr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - Thematic Concerns
As stated by many critics and scholars, the Cathedral of Notre Dame appears to be the main setting, which is almost elevated to the statu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: Encyclopedia Ii - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - Thematic Concerns
As stated by many critics and scholars, the Cathedral of Notre Dame appears to be the main setting, which is almost elevated to the statu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jane Austen: Encyclopedia Ii - Jane Austen - Bibliography
Jane Austen - Novels. Sense and Sensibility (published 1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - English Novel - Victorian Novel
The novel first began to dominate English literature during the Victorian era. Most Victorian novels were long and closely wrought, full ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romance Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Romance Novel - Romantic Genres
There are a number of sub-genres of romance novel: Contemporary Historical Futuristic Fantasy Inspirational Paranormal Regency Romantic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Injustices
In countries such as the United States, many young goths in high school face opposition to their appearance and on occasion are viewed as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Villette Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Villette Novel - Themes
Villette is most commonly celebrated for its explorations of gender roles and repression. Lucy worries constantly about keeping her emoti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Music
Since the late 1970s, the number of gothic or death rock bands were limited in number, and included bands such as Bauhaus, Specimen, The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Deptford Trilogy: Encyclopedia Ii - The Deptford Trilogy - The Manticore
The Manticore is the story of Percy Boyd Staunton's only son, David. David undergoes Jungian psychoanalysis in Switzerland. During his th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Comédie Humaine: Encyclopedia Ii - La Comédie Humaine - Sources Of The Comédie Humaine
Because of its volume and complexity, the "Comédie humaine" touches on the major literary genres in fashion in the first half of the 19t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deathrock Fashion: Encyclopedia Ii - Deathrock Fashion - Deathrock Hairstyles
Deathrocker hairstyles have a decidedly '80s big hair or punk influence. Betty Page style bangs, oftentimes coming to a point in the midd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle Ages In History: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle Ages In History - Romantics
Main article: Romanticism The "uncouth times that one calls the Middle Ages" (Voltaire) was followed by a revolutionary change in perspec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Dickens: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Dickens - Literary Style
Dickens' writing style is florid and poetic, with a strong comic touch. His satires of British aristocratic snobbery — he calls one cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sensibility: Encyclopedia Ii - Sensibility - Age Of Sensibility
During the Age of Sensibility, literature reflected the worldview of the Enlightenment (or Age of Reason) – a rational and scientific a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wandering Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Wandering Jew - The Wandering Jew In Literature
The figure of the doomed sinner, forced to wander without the hope of rest in death till the millennium, impressed itself upon the popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Revival Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Revival Architecture - Gothic Revival Buildings
Image:Center Regents Park300.JPG Alban Towers, Washington, D.C. Albert Memorial, London All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London Cathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Dickens: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Dickens - Literary Style
Dickens' writing style is florid and poetic, with a strong comic touch. His satires of British aristocratic snobbery — he calls one cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carmilla: Encyclopedia Ii - Carmilla - Influence
Carmilla, the title character, is the original prototype for a legion of female (and often lesbian) vampires. Though Le Fanu portrays his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Fiction - The 19th Century
The 19th century was a golden age of fiction in English, and Irish writers were to participate fully. Although born in Oxford, Maria Edge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil - Critics
Reviews of the film were generally mixed. Some fans of the novel were unhappy with changes made in the film version. Some felt that the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gormenghast: Encyclopedia Ii - Gormenghast - Works In The Series
The cycle consists of three novels, Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959). A novella, Boy in Darkness (1956), sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romance Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Romance Novel - Category And Single Title Novels
Romance novels are divided into two sub-sets, category romances (also called series romances) and single title romances. Romance novel -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iris Murdoch: Encyclopedia Ii - Iris Murdoch - Biography
Murdoch was born in Dublin, Ireland. She read classics, ancient history, and philosophy at Somerville College, Oxford, and philosophy as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victorian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Victorian Literature - Novelists
Charles Dickens exemplifies the Victorian novel better than any other writer. Extraordinarily popular in his day with his characters taki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolita - Style And Interpretation
The novel is a tragicomedy narrated by Humbert, who riddles the narrative with wordplay and his wry observations of American culture. His...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolita - Afterword
In 1956, Nabokov penned an afterword to Lolita ("On a Book Entitled Lolita") that was included in every subsequent edition of the book. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conrad Of Montferrat: Encyclopedia Ii - Conrad Of Montferrat - Conrad In Fiction And Film
The Monferrine court was Occitan in its literary culture, and provided patronage to numerous troubadors. Bertran de Born and Peirol menti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deathrock Fashion: Encyclopedia Ii - Deathrock Fashion - Contemporary Deathrock Fashion
Modern Deathrock fashion occupies the middle ground between Punk fashion and Gothic fashion. Whereas a Punk would have a hard time blendi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marquis De Sade: Encyclopedia Ii - Marquis De Sade - Literary Works
Many of Sade's works contain explicit and often repetitive descriptions of rape and countless sexual perversions, often involving violenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Hosking: Encyclopedia Ii - William Hosking - Designs For The First 'new World' Garden Cemetery In Europe
In 1839 William Hosking was chosen by the newly formed Abney Park Cemetery Company to design the first landscaped park cemetery to serve ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Villette Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Villette Novel - Biographical Background
In 1842 Brontë traveled to Brussels, Belgium with her sister Emily, where they enrolled in a pensionnat ran by M. and Mme. Constantin HÃ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanticism - Origins And Precursors
The term 'Romanticism' derives ultimately from the fictional romances written during the Middle Ages ("romance" being the medieval term f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle Ages In History: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle Ages In History - Renaissance
Main article: Dark Ages No one living in the Middle Ages knew they were in the Middle Ages. The origin of the term "Middle Ages" comes fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moonspell: Encyclopedia Ii - Moonspell - Biography
The band explored their sound and recorded demos and EPs until 1992 when they decided to change their name to Moonspell. They continued t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - The First Gothic Novels
The term "gothic" came to be applied to the literary genre precisely because the genre dealt with such emotional extremes and dark themes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Examples
Gothic novel - Gothic satire. Northanger Abbey (1818) by Jane Austen (Full text at Wikisource) Nightmare Abbey (1818) by Thomas Love ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Prominent Examples
Gothic novel - Gothic satire. Northanger Abbey (1818) by Jane Austen (Full text at Wikisource) Nightmare Abbey (1818) by Thomas Love P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - France And Germany
At about the same time, parallel Romantic literary movements developed in continental Europe: the roman noir ("black novel") in France an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Later Developments
In Britain, the gothic novel as a genre largely played itself out by 1840. This was helped by the over-saturation of the genre by cheap "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Later Developments
In Britain, the gothic novel as a genre largely played itself out by 1840. This was helped by the over-saturation of the genre by cheap "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - France And Germany
At about the same time, parallel Romantic literary movements developed in continental Europe: the roman noir ("black novel") in France an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Novel - Post-victorian Legacy
By the 1880s, it was time for a revival of the gothic novel as a semi-respectable literary form. This was the period of the gothic works ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - G
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - G . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article