Gothic Revivalism

a universal style current since its inception in Britain in the late 18th century, passing from a period of superficial decoration to one in which true Gothic massing yielded such masterpieces as the British Houses of Parliament and Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning.

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James form a critical response to modernism by operating as a type of Gothic revivalism that mixes eighteenth- and nineteenth-century nostalgia with a sense of alienation created by "hidden Gothic narratives" that highlight the "amorality" of social norms and create a sense of the uncanny (183).

Smith, Andrew. The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History

As Victorian Britain's foremost advocate of medieval culture and Gothic revivalism, Ruskin found Dilke's decision akin to blasphemy.

Gothic revivalism and its importance for nineteenth-century Britain has been explored by many recent scholars.

Victorian identity and the historical imaginary: Emilia Dilke's "The Renaissance of Art in France"

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