The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole REVIEW

Boo.

The idea that metal music emerged fully-formed from Black Sabbath's minds comes from the band's page on RateYourMusic - click on "RYM Rough Guide for Black Sabbath," on the left, and see fullmetalalchemy's comment:
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/blac...

Jenn Pelly's insightful article on misogyny in emo music:
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/unrave...

A wonderful article called "The Story of Goth in 33 Songs" - arguing how the influence of the Gothic on pop music is way more pervasive and central than you may think:
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-...

US readers, buy the book on IndieBound (yep I'm an affiliate):
https://www.indiebound.org/book/97801...
UK & other European readers, buy it on Blackwell's (also an affiliate):
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

(Both of these links are for the Oxford World Classics edition of the book, the one I wield around in the video. It's a fine edition - but feel free to recommend alternatives in the comments!)

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