What is Goth? A History

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Fantasy & Science Fiction:    • Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature  

Gothic & Romantic Literature:    • Gothic & Romantic Literature  

Literary Theory:    • Literary Theory  

Japanese Literature:    • Japanese Literature  

About this channel
I am Laura, a PhD student of Comparative Literature in Germany researching hermeneutics and aesthetics. I make videos on Gothic Literature, the origins of modern fantasy and sci-fi stories and literary theory.

Video chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:59 The term "Goth"
7:27 The Gothic tribe
11:46 The Gothic Language
15:27 Gothic Architecture
22:28 Gothic Literature
31:07 Goth Music
41:04 Goth fashion
51:00 Conclusion

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Siouxsie Sioux at the Edinburgh Tiffany's, 1980 (public domain)
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Facsimile of the Codex Argenteus
Part of the Lord's Prayer from De Literis & Lingva GETARUM Sive GOTHORUM, 1597, p.33
Ulfilas Explains The Gospel to the Goths (1900), Artist: Unknown,
Cards of the Eastern Hemisphere around 300 and 400 AD created by Thomas A. Lessman
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Music:
Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus
Spellbound by Siouxie and the Banshees
This Corrosion by The Sisters of Mercy
The Forest by The Cure
Darkwave by Ben Elson via Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/P...
Devoliton by Def Lev via Epidemic Sound:
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