Oxford Books of Prose & Verse The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales, (Paperback)

from bookwoman247

This collection of short stories is an excellent overview of the gothic genre, from its inception in the late Eighteenth Century to the modern era. In the introduction, Baldick explains what the gothic genre is. The stories selected were obviously selected with care and are all great examples. Th...

from profsuperplum

Baldick's smart, lively introduction alone makes this book a must-have for committed aficionados of the Gothic and dabblers in the supernatural tale alike. Baldick traces the tangled histories of all things Gothic, carefully yet wittily showing how the term has had radically different meanings ov...

from AngelaJMaher

A massive collection of stories spanning the history of gothic fiction. Tragic, strange, dark and grim, the stories are varied in length and structure, and will give you hours of sinister entertainment. It's sometimes hard to define what a gothic tale is, but reading this book will give you an un...

from bookwoman247

This collection of short stories is an excellent overview of the gothic genre, from its inception in the late Eighteenth Century to the modern era. In the introduction, Baldick explains what the gothic genre is. The stories selected were obviously selected with care and are all great examples. Th...

from profsuperplum

Baldick's smart, lively introduction alone makes this book a must-have for committed aficionados of the Gothic and dabblers in the supernatural tale alike. Baldick traces the tangled histories of all things Gothic, carefully yet wittily showing how the term has had radically different meanings ov...