29 days ago by booksherpa

The third in a trilogy of novels set in a bleak world that is isolated from all other society, Gormenghast is a deliberately-paced story with a Gothic sensibility. It’s frequently listed on lists of best English-language novels and inspired a BBC mini-series. After finding the first novel, Titus Gro ...

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69 days ago by melmoththelost

During the course of the summer I have been working my way through the more recent novels in Phil Rickman's "Merrily Watkins" series except for one, The Remains of an Altar, which I've not been able to get hold of so far. Over the past year or so I've been reading a wide variety of crime and mystery ...

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95 days ago by Comics

Isaac’s Book of the Month Amazing Spider-Man #600 Dan Slott (w), John Romita Jr. (p), Klaus Janson (i), Dean White (c). Marvel Comics. What the guys creating Amazing Spider-Man have done so well in the past 19 months is to tell their stories while subtly introducing the threads of stories to come. T ...

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133 days ago by The Militia

Same as my last question. I like some COF songs…don't call me a poser. Yes they include alot of gothic literature in their lyrics and they have the whole stereotypical goth look. I just call them "extreme metal" They are more often considered Extreme Metal but alot of poser goth followers like them

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141 days ago by Perfect Memorials

The image of a cemetery as a dark, shadowy and foreboding place is the stuff horror films and gothic literature are made of. But thanks to one forward-thinking city in Spain, that image may finally be put to rest. In Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a city just outside Barcelona, a glittering expanse of 46 ...

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148 days ago by demonik

William Beckford – Vathek (Four Square/ NEL, 1966) Josh Kirby Originally published in 1786. The Capith Vathek, whose evil eye is so lethal he can mutilate or even kill a man just by glaring at him, leads his men on a subterranean Black Pilgrimage to the Hall of Eblis at the earth’s core, where he ho ...

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155 days ago by agodwinian

I am working on a gothic anthology of literature, which includes poetry and short fiction from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. What would you include? What are your favourites? Coleridge, Poe, Hawthorne? What theoretical and historical documents do you see as integral to understanding ...

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161 days ago by Charles Gramlich

The American gothic movement is often said to have begun with the book Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown, which was published in 1798 and was based in part on an incident in which a New York farmer murdered his wife and children after he was told to by voices. The next two big names to appear on the ...

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199 days ago by admin

Gothic Fiction Strawberry Hill, an English villa built by seminal Gothic writer Horace Walpole Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 nov ...

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202 days ago by R. Poole-Carter

As a child growing up in Texas, I devoured my grandparents’ tales of Louisiana and Mississippi along with the biscuits and grits. I also swallowed the bitter taste of family conflicts and homegrown dramatic tensions. Escaping into storytelling, like so many future writers, I dreamed of one day holdi ...

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