Description: "In contrast with countless studies of classic Gothic literature and Gothic architecture, Bloom's book is a wide-ranging examination of the 'gothic sensibility' that keeps the horror genre alive today. Literary icons like Walpole, Lewis and Radcliff receive their due, but Bloom goes much further and deftly interweaves their essential histories and biographies with those of dozens of other artists, playwrights and filmmakers, ever mindful of influential political and religious contexts, to illustrate both the slow evolution of a genre and the undying essence of the gothic. While presenting a broad range of information and ideas, Bloom maintains his enthusiastic focus on the deeply-felt 'human need for the mysterious' that captures the vitality of true gothic art for its first and most devoted audience."

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