Led by Louise Welsh, author The Cutting Room (Canongate, 2002) and Tamburlaine Must Die (Canongate, 2004)

Friday 24 February 2006, 14.00–17.00

Often held as the predecessor of modern horror fiction and film, the Gothic has come to be associated with terror and darkness, spirits and madness. Given that it was initially the name of the Germanic tribe that invaded the Roman Empire between the third and fifth centuries, and that it also has roots in medieval architecture, how has the word come to be used to describe the novels of Toni Morrison and the films of Tim Burton? This afternoon traces the interpretations of the Gothic from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Tate Britain  Manton Studio
£25 (£17 concessions), booking required

    

This event is related to the Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination exhibition