My Gothic Heart [Hardcover]

The word gothic conjures up crumbling castles, passion and unnerving supernatural events. It's a powerful genre and a mood that has influenced writers, artists and designers ever since. This is a gorgeous anthology of extracts from extravagant and dark gothic stories and verse.

Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.My Gothic Heartis selected and introduced by editor and writer Charlie Castelletti.

My Gothic Heartfeatures tantalising extracts from the famous names of gothic writing such as Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, the Bront? sisters and John Keats. It then travels forward to the early twentieth century, finding gothic resonance in the writing of Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde and Wilfred Owen. Altogether, its a powerful mix that cannot fail to stir the emotions.

A beautiful gift anthology that celebrates gothic prose and poetry in all its wild and captivating glory.Charlie Castelletti is a writer and editor. He holds a BA in English Language and Literature from Kings College, London, and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge where he focused on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, period adaptations and queer audiences. He is the author ofThe Manor House Governessunder the pseudonym C. A. Castle and hes also a picture book author. He has compiled anthologies for Macmillan Collectors Library where he contrasts the old with the new, from zodiacs to modern dating, always with a view to capturing the zeitgeist. He lives in Cambridgeshire.