London uncanny: a gothic guide to the capital in weird history and fiction
"London is both a physical metropolis and a psychic encounter. Depraved depictions of the city in fiction, film, poetry, television and theatre have merged with its dark history, creating a phantasmagoria of murder, vice and the unnatural. In this panoptic look at England's capital at its...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York, NY
Bloomsbury Academic
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Further subjects: | B
London (England)
In popular culture
B Curiosities and wonders (England) (London) History |
| Summary: | "London is both a physical metropolis and a psychic encounter. Depraved depictions of the city in fiction, film, poetry, television and theatre have merged with its dark history, creating a phantasmagoria of murder, vice and the unnatural. In this panoptic look at England's capital at its most eerie and macabre, Clive Bloom takes a tour of Gothic London's uncanny literature, arcane events and its infamous geographies. With inhabitants from Jack the Ripper and Aleister Crowley to Sweeney Todd and Count Dracula, Dark City presents London as haunted by its past and haunting the present"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 240 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 135042403X |