my introduction to gothic literature summary

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You can find a full list of all the Very Short Introductions on the Oxford University Press website.

#My introduction to gothic literature summary series#

I think The Gothic and the other titles in the Very Short Introduction series will appeal to many different types of reader, from the student who wants to gain a general understanding before delving more deeply into one area to the non-academic reader who just wants to learn something new and interesting. I found the book itself very well presented (as was the other book I read, on the Tudors) the text is divided into short, manageable sections, there are some useful maps, photographs and illustrations and references are provided at the back. The chapters on literature were of particular interest to me, and as I hadn’t heard of some of the Gothic novels Groom talks about, I now have a whole list of titles to investigate! I did still enjoy reading the book, though. Summary My Gothic Literature Introduction is an introductory essay that offers descriptions about how the writer came into contact with Gothic literature. In the preface the author states that each of these meanings and associations are “part of a common history and occasionally share common features”, but I feel that I still don’t really understand how the Gothic culture with which we’re familiar today is connected with the original Goths of the fourth and fifth centuries. This is a fascinating little book, but I don’t think it succeeds in showing how the different meanings of the term Gothic are related to each other. It provides a language suited to horror and trauma it writes back to a body of imperial Gothic literature that supported the colonial project through the. If you want to explore any of the topics covered in the book in more detail, Groom gives some suggestions for further reading at the end. For such a short book (150 pages) it’s surprisingly comprehensive, but it really is intended to be just an introduction. He then looks at Gothic architecture, before moving on to the more recent past and discussing the development of Gothic fiction, music, art and film. Nick Groom begins by explaining the history of the Goths (who originated from Germanic barbarian tribes) and how their influence spread throughout Europe. I was attracted to this particular title because I enjoy reading Gothic novels, but the book does cover other aspects of Gothic culture as well as literature.

I have read one of the other books in this series – The Tudors – and found it a good way to gain a brief overview of a subject without going into an overwhelming amount of detail.

The Gothic is one of a series of books offering very short introductions to a wide variety of different topics.