Numerous dimensions of the Gothic are still under-explored. With this in mind,The Gothic and the Everyday aims to draw attention to one facet of the Gothic in particular: the Gothic in
relation to lived experience. While the Gothic has been embodied in various cultural trends and behaviours, the broader idea of ’living Gothic’, as a term encompassing histories, practices,
and legacies, has yet to find a coherent definition and place. This book, then, serves to regenerate interest in the Gothic within the experiential contexts of history, folklore, and
tradition, and the idea of Gothic remains in contemporary life. By using the term ’living’, the
book recalls a collection of experiences that constructs the everyday in its social, cultural, and imaginary incarnations. In this sense, ’living’ also takes on multiple and multi-faceted
connotations that resonate feelings of both finality and immortality, bygone experience, and future fantasy.
