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.

Autorentext
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).

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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