The Literature of Terror: A History of Gothic Fictions from 1765 to the Present Day |
Contents
2 The origins of Gothic fiction | 22 |
The classic Gothic novels | 61 |
V4 Gothic and romanticism | 99 |
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References to this book
Terrors of Uncertainty: The Cultural Contexts of Horror Fiction Joseph Grixti No preview available - 1989 |