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The dramatic monologue is traditionally associated with Victorian poets such as Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson, and is generally considered to have disappeared with the onset of modernism in the twentieth century. Glennis Byron unravels its history and argues that, contrary to belief, the monologue remains popular to this day. This far-reaching and neatly structured volume:

* explores the origins of the monologue and presents a history of definitions of the term
* considers the monologue as a form of social critique
* explores issues at play in our understanding of the...

This collection of essays redefines what gothic has become in the contemporary world, examining the idea of an emerging gothic that is inextricable from the broader global context in which it circulates. Simultaneously a continuation of the western tradition and a wholesale transformation of that tradition, 'globalgothic' expands the horizons of the genre in diverse new and exciting ways.

As these essays well demonstrate, gothic has energetically participated in the cultural flows that characterise globalisation. One of the more striking features of western gothic has always...

• Provides an overview of the most significant issues and debates in Gothic studies.
  
• Explains the origins and development of the term Gothic.
  
• Explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary and non-literary forms, including art, architecture and film.
  
• Features authoritative readings of key works, ranging from Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto to Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho.
  
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The Gothic World offers an overview of this popular field whilst also extending critical debate in exciting new directions such as film, politics, fashion, architecture, fine art and cyberculture. Structured around the principles of time, space and practice, and including a detailed general introduction, the five sections look at:

• Gothic Histories
• Gothic Spaces
• Gothic Readers and Writers
• Gothic Spectacle
• Contemporary Impulses.

"The Gothic World" seeks to account for the Gothic as a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional force, as a style,...

• Provides an overview of the most significant issues and debates in Gothic studies.
  
• Explains the origins and development of the term Gothic.
  
• Explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary and non-literary forms, including art, architecture and film.
  
• Features authoritative readings of key works, ranging from Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto to Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho.
  
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