The Edinburgh Companion to Gothic and the Arts

Provides new definitions of the Gothic in a variety of artistic contexts

Explores a range of Gothic from architecture through literature to music and the technological arts
Provides an opportunity to hear new thinking from established scholars as well as showcasing work by new scholars
Highlights new definitions of the Gothic from a wide variety of perspectives


The Gothic in all its artistic forms and ramifications is traced from the medieval to the twenty-first century. From architecture, painting and sculpture through music, ballet, opera and dance to installation art and the graphic novel, each of the 33 chapters reflects on and weighs in on the ways in which the Gothic is taken up in the art forms and modes under examination. An Introduction discusses Gothic as a changing cultural form across the centuries with deep psychological roots. This is followed by sections on: architectural arts; the visual arts; music and the performance arts; the literary arts; and media and cultural arts.