THIS instantly recognisable
neogothic style mini castle has greeted travellers along one of the main routes into and out of Wales for decades.
She is a highly versatile author indeed: in the short span of ten years, she published a
neogothic novel, then a rather experimental volume of short stories in which characters and plots are intertwined to the point of blurring the limits between short story and chapter, resulting in a sort of composite novel and including one story written in PowerPoint format--a book that, incidentally, earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction--then a Twitter novel, and, finally, a surprisingly genre-tight historical novel about wartime New York with a feminist twist.
The variety of Walpole's collection helps us to better understand the genesis of his taste and where his 'invention' of the
neogothic originated.
Another great day out is Cambusnethan House, a
neogothic masterpiece known as The Priory - one of the last great houses of the upper Clyde Valley to survive.
Citing recent criticism, Brown finds a web of intertextual links between
neogothic vampire literature and Milton's Satan.
According to Empiric, the site is a Grade II listed,
neogothic style former Welsh Baptist Chapel, which has planning consent for a 93 bed residential development.
The
neogothic interior of the church in Mont Sainte-Hilaire, decorated by Leduc, set the standard for the many churches we visited on our trip.
Surrounded by buildings in the
neoGothic, neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau styles, it was initially one of the most controversial constructions in Prague only to become, later, a benchmark of the capital.
The connection and interrelation among this element and others such as his use of
neogothic elements and his exploratory representations of sexuality and gender are also indicated.
in a series of stark scenarios featuring wide angle shots panning a fantastic urban skyline; focused, swarming street scenes; and vast, labyrinthine interiors in a
neogothic mansion haunted by devil dolls and murderous cyborgs.
Her work includes three previous novels: The Invisible Circus (1994), look at Me (2001), and a work of
neogothic metafiction, The Keep (*** Nov/Dec 2006).