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Author: Emma McEvoy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781349562206
ISBN 10: 1349562203
Pages: 251
Publication Date: 15 November 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This excellent book outlines a new and important field of study, offers convincing conclusions and invites Gothic scholars to go beyond the bounds of the book and explore the rich and diverse experiences offered by Gothic tourist attractions. (Chloe Germaine Buckley, Gothic Studies, Vol. 20 (1-2), 2018) Gothic Tourism is ... aimed not only at academics but a more general readership. Here, author Emma McEvoy examines everything from waxwork museums to ghost walks to ask what Gothic tourism is and how Gothic works as a touristic mode. ... Gothic Tourism covers an impressive range of sites in its tour of English Gothic ... . Gothic Tourism is a valuable - and highly readable - addition, then to histories of tourism as well as the history of geography ... . (Jennifer Wallis, World Headpress, worldheadpress.com, May, 2016) This book is certainly a timely publication. ... the book invites further research in this area and a wider examination of this cultural tradition. The style throughout is both informative and interesting ... . this is an entertaining, educational read, which serves as an enlightening introduction to the fascinating and expanding realm of gothic tourism. (Elizabeth Parker, Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, Issue 15, 2016)
Gothic Tourism is ... aimed not only at academics but a more general readership. Here, author Emma McEvoy examines everything from waxwork museums to ghost walks to ask what Gothic tourism is and how Gothic works as a touristic mode. ... Gothic Tourism covers an impressive range of sites in its tour of English Gothic ... . Gothic Tourism is a valuable - and highly readable - addition, then to histories of tourism as well as the history of geography ... . (Jennifer Wallis, World Headpress, worldheadpress.com, May, 2016) This book is certainly a timely publication. ... the book invites further research in this area and a wider examination of this cultural tradition. The style throughout is both informative and interesting ... . this is an entertaining, educational read, which serves as an enlightening introduction to the fascinating and expanding realm of gothic tourism. (Elizabeth Parker, Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, Issue 15, 2016)
Author Information
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).
