March 31, 2022 • 27 mins
What does the word "Gothic" mean to you? Gothic cathedrals and castles? Gothic fiction? Teenage goths dressed in black? Horror and the supernatural? This episode explores the origins of the gothic and one man's lasting influence on this most important of genres.
Joining me as my gothic guide is Prof Dale Townshend, Professor of Gothic Literature
at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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