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The Longman Anthology of Gothic Verse

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Swansea University Author: Caroline Franklin Orcid Logo

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This is the first anthology of Gothic verse ever to be published. It is a substantial anthology which follows Gothic from its origins in eighteenth-century graveyard verse and folk ballads to its role in inspiring early film at the dawn of the twentieth century. The anthology is aimed at the sophist...

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Published: New York Pearson 2010
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