Gothic Remains: Corpses, Terror and Anatomical Culture, 1764-1897

by Laurence Talairach

The Gothic has always been fascinated with objects carrying with them a sense of horror　- the decomposing body, the rigid corpse, the bleeding statue, the spectral skeleton　- capable of creating a sublime form of beauty. Gothic Remains: Corpses, Terror and Anatomical Culture, 1764-1897 offers an exploration of those Gothic tropes and conventions that were most thoroughly steeped in the anatomical culture of the period　- from skeletons,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178683460X
• ISBN13: 9781786834607
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"