Title
Gothic tourism [electronic resource] / Emma McEvoy.
ISBN
9781137391292 (electronic book)
1137391294 (electronic book)
9781137391285 (hardback)
1137391286 (hardback)
9781349562206
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1057/9781137391292 doi
Call Number
G155.G7 M44 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.4/79142
Summary
"From Strawberry Hill to The Dungeons, Alton Towers to Barnageddon, Gothic tourism is a fascinating, and sometimes controversial area. Looking at Fonthill Abbey, phantasmagoria shows, the Gothic design of 18th-century duchess, Elizabeth Percy, at Alnwick Castle, and the oeuvre of Horace Walpole, Gothic Tourism considers the origins of Gothic tourism, and Gothic itself as a touristic mode. It covers the Chamber of Horrors and looks at Madame Tussaud's, past and present, discussing waxworks as objects of horror and the uncanny, and the phenomenon of the Gothic museum. It also looks at the Berry Pomeroy Castle and considers the processes by which, over 230 years, the building acquired its haunted reputation. Ghost walks, prison museums, Severs' House, scare attractions, the Necrobus and a poison garden provide the opportunity to discuss Gothic tourism's relationships with literature, film, folklore, heritage management, arts programming, and the 'edutainment' business"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-244) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Palgrave gothic series.
Introduction
1. Strawberry Hill: Performed Architecture, Houses of Fiction and the Gothic Aesthetic
2. Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors: Wounded Spectators, Perverse Appetites and Gothic History
3. London's Gothic Tourism: West End Ghosts, Southwark Horrors and an Unheimlich Home
4. Ghost Walking
5. Becoming a Haunted Castle: Literature, Tourism and Folklore at Berry Pomeroy
6. A Tale of Three Castles: Gothic and Heritage Management
7. "Boo" to Taboo': Cultural Tourism and the Gothic
Conclusion.
