TY - BOOK AU - Nelson,Victoria TI - Gothicka: vampire heroes, human gods, and the new supernatural SN - 9780674050143 (alk. paper) AV - PN3435 .N45 2012 U1 - 700/.415 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) KW - History and criticism KW - Gothic revival (Literature) KW - Horror tales KW - Spirituality in literature KW - Horror films KW - Horror comic books, strips, etc KW - Goth culture (Subculture) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; White dog, the prequel : between imagination and belief -- Faux Catholic : a Gothick subgenre from Monk Lewis to Dan Brown -- Gothick God : the worshipful world of Horror Fandom -- Decommissioning Satan : in favor of his man-god whelps -- Gothick romance : the danse macabre of women -- The bright God beckons : the new vampire romance -- Postapocalyptic Gothick : that means zombies (and the occasional zampire) -- The Gothick theater of Halloween : performing allegory -- The ten rules of Sitges : global Gothic horror -- Cathedral head : the Gothick cosmos of Guillermo del Toro -- The new Christian Gotchik : The shack and other cathedrals -- Epilogue: questions without answers ER -