The Longman Anthology of Gothic Verse

by Caroline Franklin

Gothic verse liberated the dark side of Romantic and Victorian verse: its medievalism, melancholy and morbidity. Some poets intended merely to shock or entertain, but Gothic also liberated the creative imagination and inspired them to enter disturbing areas of the psyche and to portray extreme states of human consciousness. This anthology illustrates that journey.

This is the first modern anthology of Gothic verse. It traces the rise of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140589931X
• ISBN13: 9781405899314
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"