The City and the Soul / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

As the Industrial Revolution promised more and more inexplicable wonders of the modern world, Gothic art and literature became both backward and forward looking. In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley warned of the dangers of how science could get out of control, while Sir Giles Gilbert Scott used...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Art of gothic.
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd (Production company)
Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd., [2014]
Series:Films on Demand.
Art of gothic.
Subjects:
Scott, Giles Gilbert, > Sir, > 1880-1960.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, > 1797-1851. > Frankenstein.
Art, Gothic.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 35 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
As the Industrial Revolution promised more and more inexplicable wonders of the modern world, Gothic art and literature became both backward and forward looking. In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley warned of the dangers of how science could get out of control, while Sir Giles Gilbert Scott used Gothic architecture to memorialise Prince Albert as a medieval hero. Meanwhile, poets indulged in hallucinatory drugs to reach new Gothic heights. Where would it all end?
Note:Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 15, 2015.
Electronic resource.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, September 3, 2015).