TY - BOOK AU - Agnieszka Lowczanin AU - Dorota Wisniewska PY - 2014 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 2193-4207 SN - 9783653042269 TI - All that Gothic DO - 10.3726/978-3-653-04226-9 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1047317 N2 - This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history, aesthetics and key themes of Gothic, the main issues and debates surrounding the genre along with the approaches and theories that have been applied to Gothic texts and films. The volume discusses a wide range of 18th and 19th century texts and moves into 20th century literature and film. It explores the cultural resonances created by the genre and raises a variety of issues, including the ways in which Gothic monstrosity mimics same-sex desire and social transgression. The texts included in the volume argue that Gothic film and fiction animated the darker shadows of the dominant culture. KW - Colonial gothic, queer gothic, gothic bodies, supernatural, American gothic, Irish gothic, Scandinavian gothic LA - English ER -