Gothic Tourism

by Emma McEvoy

Overview

From Strawberry Hill to The Dungeons, Alnwick Castle to Barnageddon, Gothic tourism is a fascinating, and sometimes controversial, area. This lively study considers Gothic tourism's aesthetics and origins, as well as its relationship with literature, film, folklore, heritage management, arts programming and the 'edutainment' business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137391285
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/22/2016
Series:	Palgrave Gothic
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	251
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Emma McEvoy teaches at the University of Westminster, UK, in the department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies. She is the co-editor, with Catherine Spooner, of The Routledge Companion to Gothic (2007).

Table of Contents

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 Respectable Gothic
Conclusion

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

'McEvoy's rich, eloquent and compulsively readable account of Gothic tourism is set to define the field. Combining generous erudition with a knack for the entertaining anecdote, each page is crammed with fresh insights into this curious phenomenon, from the eighteenth-century delights of Horace Walpole's mansion Strawberry Hill to the modern thrills of ghost walks and scare attractions.' - Catherine Spooner, Reader in Literature and Culture, Lancaster University, UK

Editorial Reviews

'McEvoy's rich, eloquent and compulsively readable account of Gothic tourism is set to define the field. Combining generous erudition with a knack for the entertaining anecdote, each page is crammed with fresh insights into this curious phenomenon, from the eighteenth-century delights of Horace Walpole's mansion Strawberry Hill to the modern thrills of ghost walks and scare attractions.' - Catherine Spooner, Reader in Literature and Culture, Lancaster University, UK

From the Publisher