- Taschenbuch: 448 Seiten
- Verlag: North Point Press; Auflage: illustrated edition (Juni 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0865475903
- ISBN-13: 978-0865475908
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,6 x 15,2 x 3,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (5 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 767.811 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Mad monks, maleficent marquises, monster movies, Mount Vesuvius, and more, all mix boisterously in this potboiling witches cauldron, creating a strange, often heady brew that is two parts popular history of the gothic, one part academic maundering, and for the most part, a passionate defense and exploration of humanitys insuppressible gothic impulses. According to Davenport-Hines (Auden, 1996, etc.), much of the long-running revival (almost 400 years and counting) of interest in things gothic can be traced to the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631 and its aesthetic impact on the Neapolitan painter Salvator Rosa. Though Rosas wild landscapes, witches covens, and other such ``gothic'' subjects ran directly counter to the prevailing neoclassical Zeitgeist, aristocratic English aesthetes developed a taste for his work, and via gardening, architecture, and eventually literature, a movement was born. While Davenport-Hines defines Goths as persons who admire ``the Dark Ages, superstition and fear, or regard human identity as a masquerade of discontinuous, improvised performances,'' his embrace and understanding of the gothic at times seems overly broad, stretching to include almost anything nasty or even a bit off. At other times, hes maddeningly specific, spending dozens of pages, for example, delving into the histories of various British gothic ``power'' houses. In fact, he has an unhappy, parochial tendency to overweight all things English, making his account, thorough as it is, less than definitive. However, he does touch on all the expected gothic highlights, providing quick critical sketches of the usual suspects: Walpole, Sade, Goya, Piranesi, Poe, and Mary Shelley, as well as notable gothic design, movies, and ``moments.'' His lapidary, epigrammatic style and his keen analysis make all his tics, lacunae, and prejudices not merely bearable but even enjoyablea perfect gothic inversion. Like so many gothic novels and movies, flawed but compelling. (b&w illustrations throughout, 8 pages color) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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The enduring interest in Gothic and macabre images and stories has drawn the attention of contemporary scholars and critics. Departing from recent volumes that analyze the Gothic in contemporary culture and arts, British critic Davenport-Hines (Auden, Pantheon, 1996) has produced a comprehensive survey of Gothic themes in art, architecture, literature, and film since the early 17th century. Arranged in a sometimes disjointed combination of historic and thematic exposition, the book traces the Gothic imagination: its roots, the 18th-century "Gothic revival," the 19th-century classics (such as Frankenstein and Dracula) that epitomize the genre, the American Gothic, and manifestations of the Gothic in popular culture and film. The level of detail is sometimes excessive, and some chapters seem to lose their focus, but overall, this work provides an informed and readable survey of the genre. Unfortunately, the notes are difficult to use, and the in-text citations are not always clear or explicit. For larger public libraries.AJulia Burch, Cambridge, MA
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Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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As a historian & a goth I so looked forward to this book. While it started out interesting, the closer it got to the 20th c. (my area of expertise) the more flaws I found in his research. I joked that he must have typed in "gothic" on yahoo & printed out everything that came up... then I looked in the footnotes. They are filled with website citations of peoples' homepages! No wonder the research was so bad! Because of space limitations I can only give one example: he lists "Carcass" & "Suburban Relapse" as Bauhaus songs, when they are, in fact, Siouxsie & the Banshees songs. I wonder what he got wrong in his research of previous centuries, about which I have less knowledge. It is so disjointed towards the end that, frankly, it reads like a 15-year-old's "Things I Like" list. What a disappointment! Someone else, please pick up the gauntlet & write an accurate history of goth influence on the centuries!
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This book is wonderfully extensive covering everything from Elizabeth Bathory to The Cure. It would prove useful to both modern Goths and literary scholars. This is a one of a kind resource that you will keep referring back to. It is the single most useful book on my book shelves.
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Instantly engrossing from the time it's picked up, GOTHIC is the best comprehensive study of the real gothic culture from the invasion of Eurpoe to present day. This book should be extremely interesting to anyone who studies literature or European history.
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Hines investigates why we love to be afraid of the dark!
Using all his powers of perception Richard Davenport-Hines draws the black curtains back and reveals why humans have this odd fascination with anything gothic. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. August 1999 von cbryant69@aol.com or Clint Bryant
A must for everyone interested in gothic
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is both exitingly written and scholarly convincing which is rare indeed. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
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