Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a …

The late Victorian period saw the publication of some of the most enduring and popular Gothic texts in English literature. These texts were controversial as they often scrutinized and …

Victorian architecture, building style of the Gothic Revival that marks the movement from a sentimental phase to one of greater exactitude. Its principles, especially honesty of …

Apr 30, 2025 · High Victorian Gothic Revival architecture features masonry construction, patterned brick and multi-colored stone, stone carvings of leaves, birds, and gargoyles, strong …

As this reviewer makes explicit, the Victorian sensation novel – here epitomised by Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s best-seller Lady Audley’s Secret (1861–2) – is heavily indebted to earlier plots, …

Aug 27, 2025 · You'll find key works of English Gothic fiction from the Victorian era on this page, organized by publication date.

The Gothic style of secular decoration was a minority taste, and around 1870 it began to fade out, except in the work of Burges and a few others (its moral authority in the ecclesiological field …

The Victorian era witnessed a resurgence of interest in Gothic fiction, with authors adapting and transforming the genre to reflect the concerns and anxieties of the age

Mar 19, 2019 · In the time of early Victorian technology, steam-trains and the electric telegraph, many writers retreated into a backward-looking world of sentiment, chivalry and terror, often …

Oct 27, 2023 · Spanning various mediums, including painting, sculpture, and architecture, Victorian Gothic art remains a testament to the era’s enduring fascination with the uncanny. …