Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Luckhurst Roger)(Paperback)

Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Luckhurst Roger)(Paperback)

The Victorian fin de siecle has many associations: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age, where the undead

Supernatural Horror Short Stories (Luckhurst Roger)(Pevná vazba)

Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror, Science Fiction, Murder Mayhem and Crime & Mystery this latest title crawls with the dark fingers of terror, the chilling sensation of another presence sitting alongside you while you read

Clockwork Crow (Fisher Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

A mysterious gothic Christmas tale set in a frost-bound Victorian country mansion. When orphaned Seren Rees is given a mysterious package by a strange and frightened man on her way to her new home, she reluctantly takes it with her. But what is in the parcel and who are the Family who must not be

The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (Smith Andrew)(Paperback)

The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Gothic is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical

Lost Souls Short Stories (Luckhurst Roger)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of new tales with brilliant new writers and lost souls from the darkest corners of literature and legend: Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer mingles with Dante's infernal spirits and a retold tale from Ovid's Metamorphoses. And with the dark fiction of William Hope Hodgson and Arthur

Gothic Tales (Gaskell Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings, mixes gossip and fact; 'Lois the Witch', a novella based on an account of the Salem witch hunts, shows how sexual desire

Diabolical Bones - A gripping gothic mystery set in Victorian Yorkshire (Ellis Bella)(Paperback / softback)

Shining (Luckhurst Roger (Birkbeck University of London UK))(Paperback / softback)

Roger Luckhurst's study of Kubrick's dark masterpiece 'The Shining' illuminates the film's themes, tropes and resonances through a detailed analysis of sequences and performances. Taking the maze as a key motif, Luckhurst offers numerous threads with which to navigate the strange twists and turns

The Poor Clare - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,Set in Victorian England, Gaskell's gothic masterpiece weaves the tale of a lonely old woman whose curse upon the murderer of her cherished dog unleashes unintended consequences. The impulse of revenge is turned to contrition after the discovery of an unexpected connection between her and

Victorian Tales: The Twisted Tunnels (Deary Terry)(Paperback / softback)

Victorian Tales: The Sea Monsters (Deary Terry)(Paperback / softback)

Victorian Tales: The Fabulous Flyer (Deary Terry)(Paperback / softback)

Victorian Tales: Terror on the Train (Deary Terry)(Paperback / softback)

Queer Others in Victorian Gothic: Transgressing Monstrosity (Haefele-Thomas Ardel)(Paperback)

This book explores the intersections of Gothic, cultural, gender, queer, socio-economic and postcolonial theories in nineteenth-century British representations of sexuality, gender, class and

Victorian Gothic House Styles (Yorke Trevor)(Paperback)

The Gothic revival began in the early years of Victoria's reign. It quickly became the dominant form of building. New and exciting, it reflected Britain's growing stature and a confidence in the country's past and her future direction. The Gothic style was striking and distinctive, with pointed

The Lingering (Holliday Sji)(Paperback)

A twisty, chilling psychological thriller cum gothic ghost story set in a Victorian psychiatric home with a disturbing history, and someone set on revenge... LONGLISTED for the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize Number One Bestseller in Ebook 'Cements Holliday's position as one of the most gifted

Zombies: A Cultural History (Luckhurst Roger)(Paperback)

Add a gurgling moan with the sound of dragging feet and a smell of decay and what do you get? Better not find out. The zombie has roamed with dead-eyed menace from its beginnings in obscure folklore and superstition to global status today, the star of films such as 28 Days Later, World War Z, and

The Cambridge Companion to 'Dracula' (Luckhurst Roger)(Paperback)

Bram Stoker's Dracula is the most famous vampire in literature and film. This new collection of sixteen essays brings together a range of internationally renowned scholars to provide a series of pathways through this celebrated Gothic novel and its innumerable adaptations and translations. The

Alien (Luckhurst Roger (Birkbeck University of London UK))(Paperback / softback)

Alien, that legendary fusion of science fiction and horror, was born out of a terrible monster movie script called Star Beast. Tracing the constellation of talents that came together to produce the film, this book explores how and why this interstellar slasher movie, this old dark house in space,

Seven Gothic Tales (Dinesen Isak)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of seven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany and Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar. It is shot through with themes of love and desire - from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand courtesan of her time to the Count whose wife is so

Victorian Fairy Tales (Newton Michael)(Paperback)

'The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon...' The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors

Victorian Fairy Tales (Newton Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Selected Tales (Poe Edgar Allan)(Paperback)

Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction, and as the inventor of the modern mystery, Poe created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. Attentive to the historical and political dimensions of these very American

By Gaslight (Price Steven)(Paperback / softback)

A brilliantly written tale of love, betrayal and murder in Victorian