ARGONAUT BOOKS

The story of the Gothic, from early architecture and literature to the modern horror genre, illustrated by the beautiful, the macabre and the strange. Reviews 'Wonderful. A book as vivid, strange and rich as its topic' - China Miéville'A compelling read' - On Magazine'Roger Luckhurst sets forth an extensive, macabre taxonomy of the protean genre and its hallmark "pleasant shivers," dark tendrils grasping through time and space to ensnare gloomy castles, suburban shopping malls and even the most desolate - though maybe not quite unoccupied - reaches of the...Read More