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Acland, J. H. (1972b). Medieval structure : The gothic vault. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Adams, J. T. (1930b). The adams family. New York: The Literary Guild.

Aldrich, M. B. (1994a). Gothic revival. London: Phaidon Press.

Baldry, A. L. (. (1899). Sir john everett millais, his art and influence. London: G. Bell & Sons.

Batman : The greatest stories ever told (2005). . New York, NY: DC Comics.

Belford, B. (2002). Bram stoker : A biography of the author of dracula (1st ed.). Cambridge, Mass: Da Capo Press.

Bony, J. (1983a). French gothic architecture of the 12th and 13th centuries. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Burton, T., & Fraga, K. (2005). Tim burton : Interviews (1st ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

Camille, M. (2009). The gargoyles of notre-dame : Medievalism and the monsters of modernity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Chatterjee, A. (2018a). John ruskin and the fabric of architecture. Abingdon, Oxon ;: Routledge.

Coldstream, N. (2002a). Medieval architecture. Oxford ;: Oxford University Press.

Cormack, P. (1981). Westminster : Palace and parliament. London: F. Warne.

Decker, P. (1968). Gothic architecture (1st ed.). Farnborough: Gregg.

Dupré, J., & Botta, M. (2001a). Churches. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.

Faxon, A. C., & Rossetti, D. G. (1989). Dante gabriel rossetti. New York: Abbeville Press.

Frankl, P. (1960). The gothic : Literary sources and interpretations through eight centuries. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press.

Freeden, M. H. v., & Kenett, F. L. (. (1962). Gothic sculpture, the intimate carvings. Greenwich, Conn: New York Graphic Society.

Fuentes, P., & Wunderwald, A. (2019a). The art of vaulting : Design and construction in the mediterranean gothic (4th ed.). Basel: Birkhäuser. doi:10.1515/9783035618358

Hofstätter, H. H. (1971b). Living architecture: Gothic. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Hoppenstand, G., Browne, R. B. (. B., & Dumm, G. (1987). The gothic world of stephen king : Landscape of nightmares. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press.

Jackson, A., Coats, K., & McGillis, R. (2008a). The gothic in children's literature : Haunting the borders. New York: Routledge.

Jacobs, J., & Oldenbourg, Z. (1968b). The horizon book of great cathedrals. New York: American Heritage Pub. Co.; book distributed by Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Langley, B., & Langley, T. (. (1967a). Gothic architecture improved by rules and proportions. in many grand designs of columns, doors, windows, chimney-pieces, arcades, colonades, porticos, umbrellos, temples and pavillions, &c., with plans, elevations and profiles; geometrically explained. Farnborough (Hants.): Gregg.

Lesser, G. (1957b). Gothic cathedrals and sacred geometry. London: Alec Tiranti.

Luckhurst, R. (2021). Gothic : An illustrated history. London: Thames and Hudson.

Mahoney, K., & Dunne, M. (1995). Gothic style : Architecture and interiors from the eighteenth century to the present. New York: H.N. Abrams.

Marks, R., & Williamson, P. (2003). Gothic : Art for england 1400-1547. London: V & A.

Miller, F., & Mazzucchelli, D. (2005). Batman : Year one. New York: DC Comics.

Moore, C. H. (1890). Development & character of gothic architecture. London: Macmillan and Co.

Murphy, K. D., & Reilly, L. A. (2017a). Skyscraper gothic : Medieval style and modernist buildings. Charlottesville ;: University of Virginia Press.

Murray, S. (2015). Plotting gothic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. doi:10.7208/9780226191942

Murray, S. (2021a). Notre-dame of amiens : Life of the gothic cathedral. New York: Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/murr19576

Noyes, D. (2004). Gothic! : Ten original dark tales (1st ed.). Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press.

Nussbaum, N. (2000a). German gothic church architecture. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Parry, L. (1996b). William morris. New York: Harry N. Abrams.

Poe, E. A., & Babcock, C. M. (1971). Visions of darkness : Masterpieces of edgar allan poe. Kansas City, Missouri: Hallmark Editions.

Poe, E. A., & Carlson, E. W. (1971). The fall of the house of usher. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill.

Porter, A. K. (1911a). The construction of lombard and gothic vaults. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Raguin, V. C., & Higgins, M. C. (2003b). Stained glass : From its origins to the present. New York: H.N. Abrams.

Reeve, M. M. (2008a). Reading gothic architecture. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols.

Revenson, J. (2014b). Harry potter : The creature vault : The creatures and plants of the harry potter films. New York: Harper Design.

Rossetti, D. G., Treuherz, J., Prettejohn, E., & Becker, E. (2003b). Dante gabriel rossetti. London ;: Thames & Hudson.

Rowling, J. K., GrandPré, M., & Rowling, J. K. (1998). Harry potter and the sorcerer's stone. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press.

Rowling, J. K., Kay, J., & Rowling, J. K. (2015). Harry potter : The illustrated collection. New York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Ruskin, J., & Rogers, B. (1849a). The seven lamps of architecture. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65 Cornhill.

Scott, R. A. (2003b). The gothic enterprise : A guide to understanding the medieval cathedral. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Spracklen, K., & Spracklen, B. (2018a). The evolution of goth culture : The origins and deeds of the new goths. United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing.

Stoker, B., & Shute, S. (2002b). Dracula. Cambridge eng: ProQuest LLC.

Tasca, J., & Poe, E. A. (2018). Macabre : Tales from edgar allan poe. Woodstock, Illinois: Dramatic Publishing Company.

Tolhurst, L. (2023). Goth : A history. New York: Hachette Books.

Toman, R., & Bednorz, A. (1999). The art of gothic : Architecture, sculpture, painting. Köln: Könemann.

Wilson, C. (1990a). The gothic cathedral : The architecture of the great church, 1130-1530, with 220 illustrations. New York, N.Y. (500 5th Ave., New York): Thames and Hudson.